Evaluating code clone genealogies at release level: An empirical study

Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation, SCAM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 87-96

  Saha, Ripon K ^a   Asaduzzaman, Muhammad ^a   Zibran, Minhaz F ^a   Roy, Chanchal K ^a   Schneider, Kevin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED SOFTWARES; CODE CLONE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; OPEN SOURCE SYSTEM; OPEN SOURCES; REFACTORINGS; SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; HISTORY; OPEN SYSTEMS;

CLONING;

EID: 78649431588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SCAM.2010.32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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