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Dead Code Insertion

Dead Code Insertion is a code obfuscation technique that involves the addition of non-functional or unreachable instructions to a program’s source or binary code, thereby increasing complexity and hindering reverse engineering without altering the program’s intended behavior.

19

Publications

864

Citations

46

Authors

22

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Variants

Dead Code Injection

Parents

Publications

19

Generating Tests from Counterexamples

2004 · 199 citations

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Finding compiler bugs via live code mutation

C. P. Sun, Vu Le, Zhendong Su · 2016 · 159 citations

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Generating tests from counterexamples

Dirk Beyer, Adam Chlipala, Thomas A. Henzinger et al. · Proceedings. 26th International Conference on Software Engineering · 2004 · 123 citations

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A Java bytecode optimizer using side-effect analysis

Lars Clausen · Concurrency Practice and Experience · 1997 · 55 citations · Full text

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Finding missed optimizations through the lens of dead code elimination

Theodoros Theodoridis, Manuel Rigger, Zhendong Su · 2022 · 44 citations

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Authors

46

  1. ZS
    Zhendong Su

    University of California, Davis, United States

    3 publications · 230 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. CP
    C. P. Sun

    Institute of Theoretical Physics, China

    2 publications · 186 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. RJ
    Ranjit Jhala

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 155 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. VL
    Vu Le

    University of California, Davis, United States

    2 publications · 186 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. BA
    Bander Ali Saleh Al‐rimy

    University of Technology Malaysia, Malaysia

    1 publications · 17 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

22

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    558 citations

  2. Universidad Andrés Bello

    Santiago, Chile

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  3. State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  4. Islamic Azad University, Mashhad

    Mashhad, Iran

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    48 citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    123 citations

  6. IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center

    Yorktown Heights, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  7. University of Limerick

    Limerick, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  8. Dalian University of Technology

    Dalian, China

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    145 citations

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Venues

  1. Proceedings. 26th International Conference on Software Engineering

    Conference · 1 publications · 123 citations

    1

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  2. ACM SIGPLAN Notices

    1 publications · 27 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

    TSE · 1 publications · 29 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. Software Quality Journal

    1 publications · 12 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Theoretical Computer Science

    1 publications · 13 citations

    1

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