[HTML][HTML] Test flakiness' causes, detection, impact and responses: A multivocal review

A Tahir, S Rasheed, J Dietrich, N Hashemi… - Journal of Systems and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flaky tests (tests with non-deterministic outcomes) pose a major challenge for software
testing. They are known to cause significant issues, such as reducing the effectiveness and …

Balancing effectiveness and flakiness of non-deterministic machine learning tests

CS Xia, S Dutta, S Misailovic… - 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Testing Machine Learning (ML) projects is challenging due to inherent non-determinism of
various ML algorithms and the lack of reliable ways to compute reference results …

[PDF][PDF] Sixthsense: Debugging convergence problems in probabilistic programs via program representation learning

S Dutta, Z Huang, S Misailovic - International Conference on …, 2022 - library.oapen.org
Probabilistic programming aims to open the power of Bayesian reasoning to software
developers and scientists, but identification of problems during inference and debugging are …

Debugging convergence problems in probabilistic programs via program representation learning with SixthSense

Z Huang, S Dutta, S Misailovic - International Journal on Software Tools for …, 2024 - Springer
Probabilistic programming aims to open the power of Bayesian reasoning to software
developers and scientists, but identification of problems during inference and debugging are …

A precise bare simulation approach to the minimization of some distances. II. Further Foundations

M Broniatowski, W Stummer - arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.08478, 2024 - arxiv.org
The constrained minimization (respectively maximization) of directed distances and of
related generalized entropies is a fundamental task in information theory as well as in the …

Heterogeneous Ensemble for Classifying Electrical Load Reduction in South Africa

SO Akinola, QG Wang, P Olukanmi… - … Conference on Industrial …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Electricity outages in South Africa have become a growing concern for businesses
and individuals. Despite improvements in supply, planned outages are becoming regular …

[PDF][PDF] ENHANCING TRUSTWORTHINESS IN PROBABILISTIC PROGRAMMING: SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES FOR ROBUST AND ACCURATE INFERENCE

Z HUANG - 2024 - misailo.cs.illinois.edu
Probabilistic programming simplifies the encoding of statistical models as straightforward
programs. At its core, it employs an inference algorithm which automate the model inference …

Analysis of YouTube Video Comments with NLP Methods

P Mironela, P Iustin, PC Mihaela… - 2024 16th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study proposes methods that can be used to examine and interpret comments that
users have made after watching videos on YouTube on a particular topic. YouTube tutorials …

Understanding and Mitigating Flaky Software Test Cases

O Parry - 2023 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
A flaky test is a test case that can pass or fail without changes to the test case code or the
code under test. They are a wide-spread problem with serious consequences for developers …

Flaky Tests in the AI Domain

PA Soha, B Vancsics, T Gergely… - Proceedings of the 1st …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
In this position paper, we investigate how frequently is randomness the cause of flakiness in
the traditional and in the AI-enabled software domains. Based on previous works, it seems …