CloneDetective - A workbench for clone detection research

The area of clone detection has considerably evolved over the last decade, leading to approaches with better results, but at the same time using more elaborate algorithms and tool chains. In our opinion a level has been reached, where the initial investment required to setup a clone detection tool c...

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Main Authors: Juergens, Elmar, Deissenboeck, Florian, Hummel, Benjamin
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Cloning
Detection algorithms
Detectors
Filtering
General and reference > Cross-computing tools and techniques > Verification
Heuristic algorithms
Investments
Phase detection
Plagiarism
Recommender systems
Software and its engineering > Software creation and management > Software development process management
Software and its engineering > Software creation and management > Software verification and validation > Formal software verification
Software and its engineering > Software notations and tools
Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties > Software functional properties > Formal methods > Software verification
Software maintenance
Theory of computation > Semantics and reasoning > Program reasoning > Program verification
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Summary:The area of clone detection has considerably evolved over the last decade, leading to approaches with better results, but at the same time using more elaborate algorithms and tool chains. In our opinion a level has been reached, where the initial investment required to setup a clone detection tool chain and the code infrastructure required for experimenting with new heuristics and algorithms seriously hampers the exploration of novel solutions or specific case studies. As a solution, this paper presents CloneDetective, an open source framework and tool chain for clone detection, which is especially geared towards configurability and extendability and thus supports the preparation and conduction of clone detection research.
ISSN:0270-5257
1558-1225
DOI:10.1109/ICSE.2009.5070566