Code similarity detection through control statement and program features

• Published in: Expert systems with applications Vol. 132; pp. 63 - 75
• Main Authors: Sudhamani, M., Rangarajan, Lalitha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Ltd 15.10.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: and Functional clones; Cloning; Code duplication; Control Statement features; Datasets; Evolution; Identification methods; Maintenance costs; Performance enhancement; Program features; Programming environments; Redundancy; Similarity; Software; Software engineering; Software reuse; Source code; Code duplication; and Functional clones; Program features; Control Statement features

•Methods to identify duplicate codes (code clones) are introduced.•All four types of clones can be identified.•Does not require external lexer or parser to process the code.•Less complex approach compared to AST and PDG based approaches. Software clone detection is an emerging research area in the f...