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Cluster Computing

, Volume 21, Issue 1, pp 1079–1095 | Cite as

Code refactoring techniques for reducing energy consumption in embedded computing environment

  • Doohwan Kim
  • Jang-Eui HongEmail author
  • Ilchul Yoon
  • Sang-Ho Lee
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Abstract

Code refactoring is the process of restructuring existing computer code without changing its external behavior to enhance reusability and maintainability of software components through improving nonfunctional attributes of the software. However, when we refactor source codes using existing refactoring techniques, those techniques do not consider energy consumption as one of the nonfunctional attributes. Reducing energy consumption is one of the important factors to develop embedded and/or mobile software because it is difficult to provide sustainable services based on limited power resources. This paper suggests new refactoring techniques for reducing energy consumption to support the restructuring of existing source codes. Especially we define energy-consuming constructs as suspicious codes that are predicted to consume a lot of energy, and then develop the techniques to remove these constructs. Our techniques can improve the performance as well as the energy efficiency of legacy codes.

Keywords

Code refactoring Energy consumption Energy consuming constructs Energy-efficient constructs Embedded software 
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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the National Research Foundation, funded by the Ministry of Education Korea (No. NRF-2014R1A1A4A01005566)

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Doohwan Kim
    • 1
  • Jang-Eui Hong
    • 1
    Email author
  • Ilchul Yoon
    • 2
  • Sang-Ho Lee
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Computer ScienceChungbuk National UniversityCheongjuRepublic of Korea
  2. 2.Department of Computer ScienceThe State University of New York, KoreaIncheonRepublic of Korea

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