Automatic detection of technical debt in large-scale java codebases: a multi-model deep learning methodology for enhanced software quality
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijssis-2025-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1178-5608
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Submitted on: Jan 10, 2025
Published on: Mar 25, 2025
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