Code cloning is widely recognized as a threat to the maintainability of source code. As such, many clone detection and removal strategies have been proposed. However, some clones ...
—Recent research results have shown more benefits of the management of code clones, rather than detecting and removing them. However, existing management approaches for code clo...
Tung Thanh Nguyen, Hoan Anh Nguyen, Nam H. Pham, J...
Code clones are generally considered harmful in software development, and the predominant approach is to try to eliminate them through refactoring. However, recent research has pr...
Programmers often copy and paste code so that they can reuse the existing code to complete a similar task. Many times, modifications to the newly pasted code include renaming all ...
Abstract. Software maintenance is the most expensive activity in software development. Many software companies spent a large amount of cost to maintain the existing software system...