CONTEXT: Reusing software by means of copy and paste is a frequent activity in software
development. The duplicated code is known as a software clone and the activity is known as …

Measuring and evaluating source code similarity is a fundamental software engineering
activity that embraces a broad range of applications, including but not limited to code …

Every programmer has a characteristic style, ranging from preferences about identifier
naming to preferences about object relationships and design patterns. Coding conventions …

We present the first method for automatically mining code idioms from a corpus of previously
written, idiomatic software projects. We take the view that a code idiom is a syntactic …

Bad smells are sub-optimal code structures that may represent problems needing attention.
We conduct an extensive literature review on bad smells relying on a large body of …

Repackaging is a serious threat to the Android ecosystem as it deprives app developers of
their benefits, contributes to spreading malware on users' devices, and increases the …

Software smells indicate design or code issues that might degrade the evolution and
maintenance of software systems. Detecting and identifying these issues are challenging …

A fragment of source code that is identical or similar to another is a code-clone. Code-clones
make it difficult to maintain applications as they create multiple points within the code that …

Whenever developers choose among alternative technical approaches, they make a design
decision. Collectively, design decisions shape how software implements its requirements …

Software reuse approaches, such as software product lines, can help to achieve
considerable effort and cost savings when developing families of software systems with a …