Large language models for software engineering: A systematic literature review

X Hou, Y Zhao, Y Liu, Z Yang, K Wang, L Li… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Large Language Models (LLMs) have significantly impacted numerous domains, notably
including Software Engineering (SE). Nevertheless, a well-rounded understanding of the …

Software testing with large language models: Survey, landscape, and vision

J Wang, Y Huang, C Chen, Z Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pre-trained large language models (LLMs) have recently emerged as a breakthrough
technology in natural language processing and artificial intelligence, with the ability to …

Codamosa: Escaping coverage plateaus in test generation with pre-trained large language models

C Lemieux, JP Inala, SK Lahiri… - 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Search-based software testing (SBST) generates high-coverage test cases for programs
under test with a combination of test case generation and mutation. SBST's performance …

An empirical evaluation of using large language models for automated unit test generation

M Schäfer, S Nadi, A Eghbali… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unit tests play a key role in ensuring the correctness of software. However, manually
creating unit tests is a laborious task, motivating the need for automation. Large Language …

Retrieval-based prompt selection for code-related few-shot learning

N Nashid, M Sintaha, A Mesbah - 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Large language models trained on massive code corpora can generalize to new tasks
without the need for task-specific fine-tuning. In few-shot learning, these models take as …

A survey of learning-based automated program repair

Q Zhang, C Fang, Y Ma, W Sun, Z Chen - ACM Transactions on Software …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Automated program repair (APR) aims to fix software bugs automatically and plays a crucial
role in software development and maintenance. With the recent advances in deep learning …

Gamma: Revisiting template-based automated program repair via mask prediction

Q Zhang, C Fang, T Zhang, B Yu… - 2023 38th IEEE/ACM …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated program repair (APR) aims to fix software bugs without manual debugging efforts
and plays a crucial role in software development and maintenance. Template-based APR …

Make llm a testing expert: Bringing human-like interaction to mobile gui testing via functionality-aware decisions

Z Liu, C Chen, J Wang, M Chen, B Wu, X Che… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Automated Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing plays a crucial role in ensuring app quality,
especially as mobile applications have become an integral part of our daily lives. Despite …

Large language models are few-shot summarizers: Multi-intent comment generation via in-context learning

M Geng, S Wang, D Dong, H Wang, G Li, Z Jin… - Proceedings of the 46th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Code comment generation aims at generating natural language descriptions for a code
snippet to facilitate developers' program comprehension activities. Despite being studied for …

A survey on large language models for software engineering

Q Zhang, C Fang, Y Xie, Y Zhang, Y Yang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Software Engineering (SE) is the systematic design, development, and maintenance of
software applications, underpinning the digital infrastructure of our modern mainworld. Very …