{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2473044488","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icpc.2016.7503723","title":"Are unreachable methods harmful? Results from a controlled experiment","display_name":"Are unreachable methods harmful? Results from a controlled experiment","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2473044488","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icpc.2016.7503723","mag":"2473044488"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/icpc.2016.7503723","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icpc.2016.7503723","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2016 IEEE 24th International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031159087","display_name":"Simone Romano","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4880-3622"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I20272500","display_name":"University of Basilicata","ror":"https://ror.org/03tc05689","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20272500"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Simone Romano","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20272500"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037563230","display_name":"Christopher Vendome","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4069-0558"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16285277","display_name":"William & Mary","ror":"https://ror.org/03hsf0573","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16285277"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I267592682","display_name":"Williams (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/007zhvp17","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I267592682"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christopher Vendome","raw_affiliation_strings":["The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16285277","https://openalex.org/I267592682"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082957347","display_name":"Giuseppe Scanniello","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0024-7508"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I20272500","display_name":"University of Basilicata","ror":"https://ror.org/03tc05689","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20272500"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Giuseppe Scanniello","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20272500"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5041262116","display_name":"Denys Poshyvanyk","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-7586"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16285277","display_name":"William & Mary","ror":"https://ror.org/03hsf0573","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16285277"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I267592682","display_name":"Williams (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/007zhvp17","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I267592682"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Denys Poshyvanyk","raw_affiliation_strings":["The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16285277","https://openalex.org/I267592682"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":10,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"10"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.9969000220298767,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11241","display_name":"Advanced Malware Detection Techniques","score":0.9902999997138977,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7157871127128601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/source-code","display_name":"Source code","score":0.6564984321594238},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code","display_name":"Code (set theory)","score":0.6071969866752625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code-review","display_name":"Code review","score":0.5285220146179199},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/significant-difference","display_name":"Significant difference","score":0.47550874948501587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/open-source","display_name":"Open source","score":0.45457762479782104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.3429679274559021},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.20733895897865295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/static-program-analysis","display_name":"Static program analysis","score":0.17572075128555298},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.12201663851737976},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statistics","display_name":"Statistics","score":0.08500388264656067},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.07612177729606628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.0603632926940918}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7157871127128601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43126263","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128751","display_name":"Source code","level":2,"score":0.6564984321594238},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776760102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5139990","display_name":"Code (set theory)","level":3,"score":0.6071969866752625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C150292731","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1342704","display_name":"Code review","level":5,"score":0.5285220146179199},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018023364","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q425265","display_name":"Significant difference","level":2,"score":0.47550874948501587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018397939","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3644502","display_name":"Open source","level":3,"score":0.45457762479782104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.3429679274559021},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.20733895897865295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137287247","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329550","display_name":"Static program analysis","level":4,"score":0.17572075128555298},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.12201663851737976},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.08500388264656067},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.07612177729606628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.0603632926940918}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/icpc.2016.7503723","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icpc.2016.7503723","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2016 IEEE 24th International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:iris.unibas.it:11563/123570","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11563/123570","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196360","display_name":"CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Basilicata)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I20272500","host_organization_name":"University of Basilicata","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20272500"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ricerca.uniba.it:11586/321379","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11586/321379","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196296","display_name":"CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Bari Aldo Moro)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I5561750","host_organization_name":"University of Bari Aldo Moro","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I5561750"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions","score":0.47999998927116394,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":52,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W103650626","https://openalex.org/W157294606","https://openalex.org/W578092267","https://openalex.org/W1487083903","https://openalex.org/W1511267087","https://openalex.org/W1511637839","https://openalex.org/W1517055698","https://openalex.org/W1536294735","https://openalex.org/W1567738769","https://openalex.org/W1746353556","https://openalex.org/W1956559956","https://openalex.org/W1969031936","https://openalex.org/W1971826777","https://openalex.org/W1974655094","https://openalex.org/W1980676142","https://openalex.org/W1985558141","https://openalex.org/W1995916101","https://openalex.org/W2000194923","https://openalex.org/W2014216297","https://openalex.org/W2014823724","https://openalex.org/W2019386815","https://openalex.org/W2028807296","https://openalex.org/W2037124948","https://openalex.org/W2037922987","https://openalex.org/W2083714857","https://openalex.org/W2097750323","https://openalex.org/W2100925270","https://openalex.org/W2108086273","https://openalex.org/W2109700483","https://openalex.org/W2111199933","https://openalex.org/W2116541267","https://openalex.org/W2121442390","https://openalex.org/W2138666285","https://openalex.org/W2140504739","https://openalex.org/W2140984588","https://openalex.org/W2153887189","https://openalex.org/W2161222712","https://openalex.org/W2163011370","https://openalex.org/W2163851162","https://openalex.org/W2164425715","https://openalex.org/W2168745915","https://openalex.org/W2293904053","https://openalex.org/W2325227998","https://openalex.org/W2488079988","https://openalex.org/W2796858339","https://openalex.org/W3145100113","https://openalex.org/W4240402692","https://openalex.org/W4241437391","https://openalex.org/W4252253455","https://openalex.org/W4256647652","https://openalex.org/W4291213652","https://openalex.org/W7075735922"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2113128227","https://openalex.org/W2904997879","https://openalex.org/W2344367508","https://openalex.org/W632256878","https://openalex.org/W2491403535","https://openalex.org/W3081644756","https://openalex.org/W1997548934","https://openalex.org/W2097696338","https://openalex.org/W2479811461","https://openalex.org/W20188161"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"this":[1,42],"paper,":[2],"we":[3,130,144],"present":[4],"the":[5,15,36,46,54,78,86,90,93,97,112],"results":[6,110],"of":[7,17,31,38,111],"a":[8,134],"controlled":[9],"experiment":[10],"conducted":[11],"to":[12,59,83,101],"assess":[13],"whether":[14],"presence":[16],"unreachable":[18,64,107,127],"methods":[19,65],"in":[20,41,48,53,71,77,92],"source":[21,24,98,122],"code":[22,25,61,73,99,116,123,139],"affects":[23],"comprehensibility":[26,117],"and":[27,66,147],"modifiability.":[28,140],"A":[29],"total":[30],"47":[32],"undergraduate":[33],"students":[34],"at":[35],"University":[37],"Basilicata":[39],"participated":[40],"experiment.":[43],"We":[44],"divided":[45],"participants":[47,52,76,91],"two":[49],"groups.":[50],"The":[51,75,109],"first":[55,94],"group":[56,80],"were":[57,81],"asked":[58,82],"comprehend":[60],"base":[62],"containing":[63],"implement":[67],"five":[68],"change":[69],"requests":[70],"that":[72,115],"base.":[74],"second":[79],"accomplish":[84],"exactly":[85],"same":[87],"tasks":[88],"as":[89,151,153],"group,":[95],"however,":[96],"provided":[100],"them":[102],"did":[103,131],"not":[104,125,132],"contain":[105,126],"any":[106],"methods.":[108,128],"study":[113],"indicate":[114],"is":[118],"significantly":[119],"higher":[120],"when":[121],"does":[124],"However,":[129],"observe":[133],"statistically":[135],"significant":[136],"difference":[137],"for":[138,149,156],"From":[141],"these":[142],"results,":[143],"distill":[145],"lessons":[146],"implications":[148],"practitioners":[150],"well":[152],"possible":[154],"avenues":[155],"further":[157],"research.":[158]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2016-07-22T00:00:00"}