Common Techniques and Tools for the Analysis of Open Source Software in Order to Detect Code Clones: A Study
Hamed Jelodar · 2014
Code clone detection and its elimination are introduced as an influential factor in improving software quality, especially in large software systems. The code that duplicates and is in similar files of source is called code clone. So far, researchers introduced and presented many tools and techniques to analyze and identify clones. But given the importance of this paper, some common techniques and tools used to identify clones should be examined and 4 open-source software systems are analyzed using CloneDr tool. According to the results, many clones were identified and the results show that further improvements are needed for high quality software.