Software clones are identical or similar pieces of code. They are often the result of copy–and–paste activities as ad-hoc code reuse by programmers. Software clones research i...
Katsuro Inoue, Stanislaw Jarzabek, James R. Cordy,...
Program comprehension tools are a valuable resource for navigating and understanding large software systems. Package explorers, fan-in / fan-out views, dependency graphs and cover...
R. Ian Bull, Margaret-Anne D. Storey, Jean-Marie F...
The analysis of the evolution of software systems is a useful source of information for a variety of activities, such as reverse engineering, maintenance, and predicting the future...
The comprehensive understanding of today’s software systems is a daunting activity, because of the sheer size and complexity that such systems exhibit. Moreover, software system...
Engineers use software tools to analyze designs for critical systems. Because important decisions are based on tool results, tools must provide valid modeling constructs; engineer...