Near-miss function clones in open source software: An empirical study

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-189

  Roy, C K ^a   Cordy, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Near miss function clones; Open source software

Indexed keywords

CLONE DETECTION; CLONE DETECTION TECHNIQUES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL STUDY; IN-DEPTH STUDY; LINUX KERNEL; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; ONLINE REPOSITORIES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOURCE TRANSFORMATION; VALIDATED RESULTS;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; INSPECTION EQUIPMENT; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; OPEN SYSTEMS; REENGINEERING; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

CLONING;

EID: 77950141808     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.416     Document Type: Conference Paper

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