Not for PhD, but for research purposes ;)
Can u point out any work on refactoring existing code for reduced code complexity?
Obtaining same (non)functional behavior using less code.
EDIT: i will read the CodeDeviant paper
Can u point out any work on refactoring existing code for reduced code complexity?
Obtaining same (non)functional behavior using less code.
EDIT: i will read the CodeDeviant paper
CodeDeviant itself is a tool to help programmers perform manual refactorings without unit tests (in a visual programming language), so it may not be helpful for you :)