Smart contracts are programs deployed on blockchains that run upon meeting
predetermined conditions. Once deployed, smart contracts are immutable, thus, defects in …

Developers rely on software logs for a variety of tasks, such as debugging, testing, program
comprehension, verification, and performance analysis. Despite the importance of logs, prior …

The identical or nearly similar code fragments in a code-base are called code clones. There
is a common belief that code cloning (copy/pasting code fragments) can introduce bugs in a …

Reusing a code fragment through copy/pasting, also known as code cloning, is a common
practice during software development and maintenance. Most of the existing studies on …

When a programmer makes changes to a target program entity (files, classes, methods), it is
important to identify which other entities might also get impacted. These entities constitute …

Despite the importance of log statements in postmortem debugging, developers are difficult
to establish good logging practices. There are mainly two reasons. First, there are no …

Self-admitted technical debt (SATD) refers to technical debt that is intentionally introduced
by developers and explicitly documented in code comments or other software artifacts (eg …

A code clone is a code fragment that is identical or similar to it in the source code. It has
been identified as one of the main problems in software maintenance. When a developer …

Copying and pasting source code during software development is known as code cloning.
Clone fragments with a minimum size of 5 LOC were usually considered in previous studies …

The use of Object-Relational Map** (ORM) in software development has become
increasingly popular due to its superiority to simplify database interactions. Despite the …