On the use of clone detection for identifying crosscutting concern code

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 804-818

  Bruntink, Magiel ^a   van Deursen, Arie ^a,b   van Engelen, Remco ^c   Tourwé, Tom ^a,d  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b Delft University of Technology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c ASML   (Netherlands)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aspect mining; Aspect oriented programming; Clone detection; Crosscutting concerns; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

CLONING; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERROR DETECTION; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

ASPECT MINING; ASPECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; CLONE DETECTION; CROSSCUTTING CONCERNS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 30344449773     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2005.114     Document Type: Article

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