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Valentina Lenarduzzi

University of Oulu

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

16

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27

Scholarly Papers (16)

1.

Generative Ai for Software Architecture. Applications, Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Mar 2025
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Free University of Bolzano, Tampere University, University of Oulu, Baylor University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Oulu and University of Oulu
Downloads 780 (86,210)
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Software Architecture, Generative AI, LLM

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Is Hybrid Work Reshaping Communication, Team Dynamics, and Software Development? A Survey from a Multinational Tech Company

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Apr 2025
University of Oulu, University of Rome Tor Vergata, University of Oulu and University of Oulu
Downloads 251 (310,057)

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Remote, Hybrid, Sustainable Development Goal, SDG, Human Factor, Technology, Power, Social Change, Software Development

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Does Cyclomatic or Cognitive Complexity Better Represents Code Understandability? An Empirical Investigation on the Developers Perception

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Mar 2023
Valentina Lenarduzzi, Terhi Kilamo and Andrea Janes
University of Oulu, Tampere University and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Downloads 208 (376,944)

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Cyclomatic Complexity, Cognitive Complexity, Empirical Study

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Analyzing the Ripple Effects of Refactoring. A Registered Report

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 26 Sep 2024
University of Oulu, University of Oulu, University of Salerno, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca and University of Oulu
Downloads 131 (561,789)
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Software Quality, Software Maintenance, Refactoring, Empirical Software Engineering

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Technical Debt in AI-Enabled Systems: On the Prevalence, Severity, Impact, and Management Strategies for Code and Architecture

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2024
University of Salerno, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Tilburg University, University of Oulu, University of Oulu, University of Salerno and University of Salerno
Downloads 108 (659,652)
Citation 1

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AI Technical Debt, software quality, Survey Studies, Software Engineering for Artificial Intelligence, Empirical Software Engineering

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Improving Programming Education Through Static Analysis Tools Using Sonarqube: A Multiple Empirical Studies of How Students Understand Rule Violations, Perceive the Criticality of the Rule, and the Solution Difficulty

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Jul 2023
University of Oulu, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Tampere University, University of Novi Sad, University of Salerno and Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” (UNIBA)
Downloads 100 (689,572)

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Static Analysis Tools, empirical software engineering, software quality, Software engineering education

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An Empirical Study of Security Practices for Microservices Systems

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Jun 2022
Wuhan University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Università degli Studi di Genova and University of Oulu
Downloads 100 (699,467)

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Microservice, Security, Empirical Study, Practitioners, Practice

On the Correlation between Architectural Smells and Static Analysis Warnings

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 04 Jun 2024
University of Rome Tor Vergata, University of Oulu, University of Milan-Bicocca and University of Oulu
Downloads 47 (1,131,842)

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Static Analysis Tool, Software Quality Warnings, Architectural Smells, Technical Debt

On the Correlation between Architectural Smells and Static Analysis Warnings

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Aug 2024
University of Rome Tor Vergata, University of Oulu, University of Milan-Bicocca and University of Oulu
Downloads 35 (1,296,409)

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Static Analysis Tool, Software Quality Warnings, Architectural Smells, Technical Deb

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A Critical Comparison on Six Static Analysis Tools: Detection Agreement and Precision

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 26 Feb 2022
University of Oulu, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Salerno
Downloads 60 (961,006)

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Static analysis tools, Software Quality, Empirical Study

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Improving Programming Education Through Sonarqube: A Multiple Empirical Study of How Students Understand Rule Violations, Perceive the Criticality of the Rule, and the Fixing Difficulty

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 25 Jun 2024
University of Oulu, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Tampere University, University of Novi Sad, University of Salerno and Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” (UNIBA)
Downloads 47 (1,121,190)

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Static Analysis Tools, Empirical Software Engineering, Software Quality, Software Engineering Education

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The Dual-Edged Sword of Technical Debt: Benefits and Issues Analyzed Through Developer Discussions

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Aug 2024
Valentina Lenarduzzi, Xiaozhou Li, Matteo Esposito and Andrea Janes
University of Oulu, University of Oulu, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Downloads 40 (1,209,354)

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Technical Debt, Topic Modeling, Opinion Mining, NLP, ChatGPT

12.

Open Tracing Tools: Overview and Critical Comparison

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 Jul 2022
Andrea Janes, Xiaozhou Li and Valentina Lenarduzzi
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Tampere University and University of Oulu
Downloads 35 (1,277,121)
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Emerging Trends in Software Architecture from the Practitioner’sPerspective: A Five-Year Review

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Sep 2025
University of Oulu, University of Oulu, University of Oulu, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, University of Oulu and University of Oulu
Downloads 34 (1,290,922)
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Empirical Software EngineeringSoftware ArchitectureTrend ReviewLLMsCentrality Analysis

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Early Career Developers’ Perceptions of Code Understandability. A Study of Complexity Metrics

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 31 Jul 2024
Matteo Esposito, Andrea Janes, Terhi Kilamo and Valentina Lenarduzzi
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Tampere University and University of Oulu
Downloads 31 (1,318,317)

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Cyclomatic Complexity, Cognitive Complexity, empirical study, Early-Career, Developers, Code Undestendability, Severity

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Architectural Degradation: Definition, Motivations, Measurement Andremediation Approaches

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Jul 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Oulu, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, University of Oulu and University of Oulu
Downloads 30 (1,359,097)

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Software Architecture, Architectural Degradation, Architectural Erosion, Architectural Decay, Aging, Multivocal Literature Review, Measurement Approaches, Remediation Approaches

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Evaluating Time-Dependent Methods and Seasonal Effects in Code Technical Debt Prediction

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 03 Sep 2024
University of Oulu, University of Luxembourg, University of Oulu, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca and University of Oulu
Downloads 28 (1,372,601)

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Technical Debt, Software Quality Mining Software Repositories, Empirical Software Engineering, Time Series Analysis