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@inproceedings{VanBladel2019IWSC,
author = {Brent van Bladel and Serge Demeyer},
booktitle = {Proceedings {IWSC 2019} ({IEEE} 13th International
Workshop on Software Clones)},
note = {Acceptance ratio: 4 / 8 = 50\%},
pages = {102--118},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {A Novel Approach for Detecting {Type-IV} Clones in
Test Code},
year = {2019},
abstract = {The typical structure of unit test code (setup -
stimulate - verify - teardown) gives rise to
duplicated test logic. Researchers have demonstrated
the widespread use of syntactic clones in test code,
yet if duplicated test code is indeed a problem, then
semantic clones may be an issue as well. However,
while detecting syntactic similarities can be done
relatively easy, semantic similarities are more
difficult to find. In this paper we present a novel
way of detecting semantic clones by exploiting the
unique features present in test code. We demonstrate
on the Apache Commons Math Library's test suite that
our approach can detect 259 semantic clones, of which
only 54 were also detected by NiCad. This confirms
that it is both feasible and worthwhile to
investigate semantic clones in test code.},
annote = {workshoppaper},
doi = {10.1109/IWSC.2019.8665855},
issn = {2329-0595},
}