Current literature on the topic of duplicated (cloned) code in software systems often considers duplication harmful to the system quality and the reasons commonly cited for duplic...
Information systems (IS) researchers have made considerable progress on defining and formalizing structured methods to support collaborative development of information systems. Co...
Robert O. Briggs, John D. Murphy, Thomas F. Carlis...
Studies show that programs contain much similar code, commonly known as clones. One of the main reasons for introducing clones is programmers' tendency to copy and paste code...
Software engineers often inspect program differences when reviewing others' code changes, when writing check-in comments, or when determining why a program behaves differentl...
Although software managers are generally good at new project estimation, their experience of scheduling rework tends to be poor. Inconsistent or incorrect effort estimation can in...