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 …

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 …

Code clone detection is an important problem for software maintenance and evolution. Many
approaches consider either structure or identifiers, but none of the existing detection …

Programmers often write code that has similarity to existing code written somewhere. A tool
that could help programmers to search such similar code would be immensely useful. Such …

Code clones are similar code fragments that share the same semantics but may differ
syntactically to various degrees. Detecting code clones helps reduce the cost of software …

Repackaged Android applications (app clones) have been found in many third-party
markets, which not only compromise the copyright of original authors, but also pose threats …

Copying code and then pasting with large number of edits is a common activity in software
development, and the pasted code is a kind of complicated Type-3 clone. Due to large …

Code search is an unavoidable activity in software development. Various approaches and
techniques have been explored in the literature to support code search tasks. Most of these …

To ensure code readability and facilitate software maintenance, program methods must be
named properly. In particular, method names must be consistent with the corresponding …

Mobile application markets such as the Android Marketplace provide a centralized
showcase of applications that end users can purchase or download for free onto their mobile …