MeCC: Memory comparison-based clone detector

Heejung Kim; Yungbum Jung; Sunghun Kim; Kwankeun Yi

doi:10.1145/1985793.1985835

MeCC: Memory comparison-based clone detector

Heejung Kim^*, Yungbum Jung, Sunghun Kim, Kwankeun Yi

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new semantic clone detection technique by comparing programs' abstract memory states, which are computed by a semantic-based static analyzer. Our experimental study using three large-scale open source projects shows that our technique can detect semantic clones that existing syntactic- or semantic-based clone detectors miss. Our technique can help developers identify inconsistent clone changes, find refactoring candidates, and understand software evolution related to semantic clones.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICSE 2011 - 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering, Proceedings of the Conference
Pages	301-310
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1985793.1985835
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	33rd International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2011 - Waikiki, Honolulu, HI, United States Duration: 21 May 2011 → 28 May 2011

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
ISSN (Print)	0270-5257

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Conference	33rd International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waikiki, Honolulu, HI
Period	21/05/11 → 28/05/11

Keywords

abstract interpretation
clone detection
software maintenance
static analysis

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Kim, H, Jung, Y, Kim, S & Yi, K 2011, MeCC: Memory comparison-based clone detector. in ICSE 2011 - 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering, Proceedings of the Conference. Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering, pp. 301-310, 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2011, Waikiki, Honolulu, HI, United States, 21/05/11. https://doi.org/10.1145/1985793.1985835

MeCC: Memory comparison-based clone detector. / Kim, Heejung; Jung, Yungbum; Kim, Sunghun et al.
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