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Code clone detection based on semantic images

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Zexuan Wan
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Chunli Xie *
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Zeng You
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Y. Hu
DOI:10.1016/j.infsof.2026.108155delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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• Proposes semantic image transformation by converting code ASTs into fixed-size grayscale images, reducing structural complexity and computational cost. • Integration of community detection, centrality analysis, and statement sequence embedding to capture both structural and semantic features of code. • Achieves high efficiency and accuracy for Type-4 (semantic) clone detection, outperforming 8 state-of-the-art methods on BigCloneBench and Google Code Jam datasets with significantly reduced computational time.
Keywords:
semantic image transformation
code clone detection
community detection
centrality analysis
statement sequence embedding

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Information and Software Technology cover
Information and Software Technology
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jiangsu normal university
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