This paper presents a tree-pattern-based method of automatically and accurately finding code clones in program files. Duplicate tree-patterns are first collected by anti-unificati...
A dependability case is an explicit, end-to-end argument, based on concrete evidence, that a system satisfies a critical property. We report on a case study constructing a depend...
Joseph P. Near, Aleksandar Milicevic, Eunsuk Kang,...
The popularity of empirical methods in software engineering research is on the rise. Surveys, experiments, metrics, case studies, and field studies are examples of empirical method...
Difficulties understanding update paths while understanding code cause developers to waste time and insert bugs. A detailed investigation of these difficulties suggests that a wid...
In general, university guidelines or policies on plagiarism are not sufficiently detailed to cope with the technical complexity of software. Software plagiarism can have a signi...