Understanding source code evolution using abstract syntax tree matching

By Iulian Neamtiu, Jeffrey S. Foster, Michael W. Hicks. IEEE Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories, 2005

322 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Information Systems, Software

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In Information Systems

1. Corina S. Pasareanu
2. Sebastian G. Elbaum
3. Matthew B. Dwyer
4. Suzette Person
5. Mark Harman
6. Gregg Rothermel

In Software

1. Suzette Person
2. Corina S. Pasareanu
3. Sebastian G. Elbaum
4. Matthew B. Dwyer
5. Mark Harman
6. Koushik Sen
7. Darko Marinov
8. Shin Yoo

Citations in the corpus

• Differential symbolic execution (2008, background): “Several researchers have explored the use of an abstract syntax tree to compare program versions [26, 51].”
• The New C Standard (Excerpted material) An Economic and Cultural Commentary (2008, unknown): “A study by Neamtiu, Foster, and Hicks[ 4 ] of the release history of a number of large C programs, over 3-4”