Two similar code segments, or clones, form a clone pair within a software system. The
changes to the clones over time create a clone evolution history. In this work we study late …

Two similar code segments, or clones, form a clone pair within a software system. The
changes to the clones over time create a clone evolution history. In this work, we study late …

Despite the conventional wisdom concerning the risks related to the use of source code
cloning as a software development strategy, several studies appeared in literature indicated …

Software clones are considered harmful in software maintenance and evolution. However,
despite a decade of active research, there is a marked lack of work in the detection and …

Code clones are said to threaten the maintainability of a system--especially when the system
evolves and source code is changed. Whether clones truly increase maintenance effort can …

Code clones are similar code segments. Researchers have proposed many techniques to
detect, understand and eliminate code clones. However, due to lack of deeper …

There are numerous studies that examine whether or not cloned code is harmful to software
systems. Yet, few of them study which characteristics of cloned code in particular lead to …

Code clone genealogies show how clone groups evolve with the evolution of the associated
software system, and thus could provide important insights on the maintenance implications …

Extracting code clone genealogies across multiple versions of a program and classifying
them according to their change patterns underlies the study of code clone evolution. While …

Although source code cloning (copy&paste programming) represents a significant threat to
the maintainability of a software system, problems usually start to arise only when the system …