CONTEXT: Reusing software by means of copy and paste is a frequent activity in software
development. The duplicated code is known as a software clone and the activity is known as …

This report summarizes my overview talk on software clone detection research. It first
discusses the notion of software redundancy, cloning, duplication, and similarity. Then, it …

Over the last decade many techniques and tools for software clone detection have been
proposed. In this paper, we provide a qualitative comparison and evaluation of the current …

Code duplication or copying a code fragment and then reuse by pasting with or without any
modifications is a well known code smell in software maintenance. Several studies show …

Many techniques for detecting duplicated source code (software clones) have been
proposed in the past. However, it is not yet clear how these techniques compare in terms of …

The ability to evolve software rapidly and reliably is a major challenge for software
engineering. In this introductory chapter we start with a historic overview of the research …

Copying and pasting of source code is a common activity in software engineering. Often, the
code is not copied as it is and it may be modified for various purposes; eg refactoring, bug …

Bad smells are sub-optimal code structures that may represent problems needing attention.
We conduct an extensive literature review on bad smells relying on a large body of …

Clones are generally considered bad programming practice in software engineering
folklore. They are identified as a bad smell (Fowler et al. 1999) and a major contributor to …

Clone detection finds application in many software engineering activities such as
comprehension and refactoring. However, the confounding configuration choice problem …