Various Code Clone Detection Techniques and Tools: A Comprehensive Survey

2016 ◽  
pp. 655-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pratiksha Gautam ◽  
Hemraj Saini
Keyword(s):  
Clone Detection ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Code Clone ◽  
Comprehensive Survey

scholarly journals A Qualitative Interpretation of Code Clone Detection Techniques

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1295-1300
Keyword(s):  
Clone Detection ◽  
Code Clones ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Software Developer ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Code Clone ◽  
Qualitative Interpretation ◽  
Software Code

Clone is the software code snippets that are similar to each other with little modifications. There is a 10-20 percent clone mostly present in the software. Many techniques are developed for detection. With the code clone detection, the software developer gets an idea of removing, refactoring the clone. Code clone has both advantages and disadvantages in the particular software. In this paper, we explore the types of code clones, advantages, and disadvantages, the reason for cloning. Typically, this paper describes various techniques by using several parameters. Lastly, we discuss gaps in the research.

Enhancing the Software Clone Detection in BigCloneBench

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Amandeep Kaur ◽  
Munish Saini
Keyword(s):  
Structural Information ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Clone Detection ◽  
Abstract Syntax ◽  
Code Clones ◽  
Major Drawback ◽  
Abstract Syntax Tree ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Code Clone

In the software system, the code snippets that are copied and pasted in the same software or another software result in cloning. The basic cause of cloning is either a programmer‘s constraint or language constraints. An increase in the maintenance cost of software is the major drawback of code clones. So, clone detection techniques are required to remove or refactor the code clone. Recent studies exhibit the abstract syntax tree (AST) captures the structural information of source code appropriately. Many researchers used tree-based convolution for identifying the clone, but this technique has certain drawbacks. Therefore, in this paper, the authors propose an approach that finds the semantic clone through square-based convolution by taking abstract syntax representation of source code. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the approach to the popular BigCloneBench benchmark.

CODE CLONE DETECTION USING OBJECT ORIENTED METRICS

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 3925-3931
Author(s):  
S. Sharma ◽  
D. Rattan ◽  
K. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Object Oriented ◽  
Clone Detection ◽  
Code Clone ◽  
Object Oriented Metrics

Open-source tools and benchmarks for code-clone detection

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Walker ◽  
Tomas Cerny ◽  
Eungee Song
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Clone Detection ◽  
Code Clone
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