Towards Structural Clones | Analysis and semi-automated detection of design-level similarities in software

Hamid Abdul Basit (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3639293665 / ISBN 13: 9783639293661

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010

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Towards Structural Clones | Analysis and semi-automated detection of design-level similarities in software | Hamid Abdul Basit (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639293661 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Towards Structural Clones | Analysis and semi-automated detection of design-level similarities in software
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639293665
• ISBN 13: 9783639293661
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 222W x 144H x 9D millimeters 222 millimeters width by 144 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 245 grams
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Synopsis

Code clones are recurring similar program structures. Several techniques exist to detect similar code fragments (simple clones) for better software maintenance, but further gains can be obtained by by detecting similar classes, source files or directories. Structural clones embody such large-granularity, design-level similar program structures that often map to design or application domain concepts. Detection of structural clones leads to a better understanding of the design of the system, easing software maintenance, evolution, and re-engineering. Unification of structural clones with generic program structures helps in program simplification and reuse. This book introduces structural clones and describes a technique for their systematic detection. The usefulness and scalability of the proposed method is validated via experimentation using the structural clone detection tool ?Clone Miner'. Structural clones also offer opportunities for unconventional reuse that reaches beyond reuse rates achievable with architecture- centric, component-based approaches, and also brings reduction of cognitive program complexity.

About the Author

Hamid Abdul Basit teaches at Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research interests include software reengineering and reuse. Stanislaw Jarzabek is an associate professor at National University of Singapore. He is interested in software design and, in particular, design of adaptable software with generative techniques.