Towards a Catalog of Spreadsheet Smells

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

Cunha, J (Author) Other; Joao Paulo Fernandes (Author) FEUP; Ribeiro, H (Author) Other; Saraiva, J (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONS - ICCSA 2012, PT IV

Pages: 202-216

12th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA)

Salvador de Bahia, BRAZIL, JUN 18-21, 2012

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Authenticus ID: P-002-FB2

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31128-4_15

Abstract (EN): Spreadsheets are considered to be the most widely used programming language in the world, and reports have shown that 90% of real-world spreadsheets contain errors. In this work, we try to identify spreadsheet smells, a concept adapted from software, which consists of a surface indication that usually corresponds to a deeper problem. Our smells have been integrated in a tool, and were computed for a large spreadsheet repository. Finally, the analysis of the results we obtained led to the refinement of our initial catalog.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 15