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@inproceedings{VanRysselberghe04ASE,
author = {Filip {Van Rysselberghe} and Serge Demeyer},
booktitle = {Proceedings {ASE}'04 (Automated Software
Engineering)},
note = {Acceptance ratio: 51/183 = 28\%},
pages = {336-339},
publisher = {{IEEE} Press},
title = {Evaluating Clone Detection Techniques from a
Refactoring Perspective},
year = {2004},
abstract = {In the last decade, several researchers have
investigated techniques to automatically detect
duplicated code in programs exceeding hundreds of
thousands lines of code. All of these techniques have
known merits and deficiencies, but as of today,
little is known on how these techniques fit into the
refactoring process of object-oriented systems. This
paper compares three representative detection
techniques (simple line matching, parameterized
matching, and metric fingerprints) by means of five
small to medium sized cases and analyses the
differences between the reported matches. Based on
this comparison, we conclude that (1) simple line
matching is best suited for a partial, yet advanced
restructuring with little effort; (2) metric
fingerprints work best for refactoring a system with
minimal effort; (3) parameterized matching demands
more effort yet allows a more profound, less obvious
restructuring of the code.},
annote = {internationalconference},
}