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Received: 25 May 2017

Accepted: 19 January 2018

First Online: 7 February 2018

Author’s information

: MM received his MEng degree in Computer Games Design And Development at Queen’s University Belfast in 2014. During the degree, he undertook a 12 month placement in industry as a software engineer. He is currently a Ph.D. student at Queen’s University. He has previously published one other peer-reviewed paper related to technical debt in software maintenance. His research interests include search-based software engineering, software maintenance, automated refactoring and multi-objective search techniques.DG is a senior lecturer at Queens University, Belfast. He earned a Master of Science and Doctorate at University of Ulster. His research can be collectively described as how to better manage and adapt to change, both in the software product and the software development process. He has published over 50 research papers, many of which have arisen from research in an empirical context, in collaboration with industry.

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