A code clone represents a sequence of statements that are duplicated in multiple locations of a program. Clones often arise in source code as a result of multiple cut/paste operat...
Code clone management has been shown to have several benefits for software developers. When source code evolves, clone management requires a mechanism to efficiently and increme...
Tung Thanh Nguyen, Hoan Anh Nguyen, Jafar M. Al-Ko...
tection via Structural Abstraction William S. Evans Department of Computer Science University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4, CANADA Christopher W. Fraser Microsoft Re...
Several techniques have been developed for identifying similar code fragments in programs. These similar fragments, referred to as code clones, can be used to identify redundant c...