Analysis of Software Clones

Authors

  • Chavi Ralhan  Lovely Professional University Jalandhar Punjab, India
  • Rakesh Bishnoi  Lovely Professional University Jalandhar Punjab, India
  • Ankit  Lovely Professional University Jalandhar Punjab, India
  • Anjali  Lovely Professional University Jalandhar Punjab, India
  • Hitesh Kumar  

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32628/CSEIT217290

Keywords:

Software Cloning, Clone Analysis, Clone Management, Clone Detections

Abstract

Copied code or code clones are a sort of code that contrarily affect the improvement and support of software frameworks. Software clone research in the past generally cantered around the discovery. what's more, examination of code clones, while research lately reaches out to the entire range of clone the board. In the last decade, three reviews showed up in the writing, which cover the recognition, examination and transformative attributes of code clones. This paper presents a complete overview on the state of the workmanship in clone the board, with top to bottom examination of clone the executives exercise (e.g., following, refactoring, cost benefit investigation) past the recognition and examination. This is the main overview on clone the board, where we highlight the accomplishments up until now, and uncover roads for additional exploration essential towards an incorporated clone the board framework. We accept that we have worked really hard in studying the territory of clone the board and that this work may fill in as a guide for future research in the area.

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Chavi Ralhan, Rakesh Bishnoi, Ankit, Anjali, Hitesh Kumar, " Analysis of Software Clones" International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 7, Issue 2, pp.439-450, March-April-2021. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/CSEIT217290