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Sub-clone refactoring in open source software artifacts

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Robert Tairas,

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SAC '10: Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

Pages 2373 - 2374

https://doi.org/10.1145/1774088.1774580

Published: 22 March 2010 Publication History

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We present a study of revisions made to open source projects that documents the actual refactoring of code associated with code clones (i.e., sections of duplicated code). The study identifies a characteristic in which some clone refactorings were performed on only part of the clone (i.e., a sub-clone). We conclude that sub-clones should be considered during the clone maintenance activity.

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Rattan DBhatia RSingh M(2013)Software clone detection: A systematic reviewInformation and Software Technology10.1016/j.infsof.2013.01.00855:7(1165-1199)Online publication date: Jul-2013
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Tairas RGray J(2012)Increasing clone maintenance support by unifying clone detection and refactoring activitiesInformation and Software Technology10.1016/j.infsof.2012.06.01154:12(1297-1307)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.infsof.2012.06.011

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Sub-clone refactoring in open source software artifacts
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software post-development issues
      1. Software reverse engineering

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SAC '10: Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

March 2010

2712 pages

ISBN:9781605586397

DOI:10.1145/1774088

Conference Chairs:
Sung Y. Shin
South Dakota State University
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Sascha Ossowski
University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
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Michael Schumacher
University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland
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Indiana University Purdue University
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Chih-Cheng Hung
Southern Polytechnic State University

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Arutunian MSargsyan SHovhannisyan HKhroyan GMkrtchyan AMovsisyan HAvetisyan AAslanyan H(2025)Accurate code fragment clone detection and its application in identifying known CVE clonesInternational Journal of Information Security10.1007/s10207-024-00968-z24:1Online publication date: 5-Jan-2025
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-024-00968-z
Rattan DBhatia RSingh M(2013)Software clone detection: A systematic reviewInformation and Software Technology10.1016/j.infsof.2013.01.00855:7(1165-1199)Online publication date: Jul-2013
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2013.01.008
Tairas RGray J(2012)Increasing clone maintenance support by unifying clone detection and refactoring activitiesInformation and Software Technology10.1016/j.infsof.2012.06.01154:12(1297-1307)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.infsof.2012.06.011

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