English
Related papers

Related papers: Pynguin: Automated Unit Test Generation for Python

200 papers

Python has emerged as one of the most popular programming languages, extensively utilized in domains such as machine learning, data analysis, and web applications. Python's dynamic nature and extensive usage make it an attractive candidate…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-03-04 Islem Bouzenia , Bajaj Piyush Krishan , Michael Pradel

Testing is an integral part of the software development process. Yet, writing tests is time-consuming and therefore often neglected. Classical test generation tools such as EvoSuite generate behavioral test suites by optimizing for…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-10-04 Nikitha Rao , Kush Jain , Uri Alon , Claire Le Goues , Vincent J. Hellendoorn

In this article we show how the problem of neural text generation can be constructively reformulated in terms of transitions between the states of a finite-state machine. This framework leads to an efficient approach to guiding text…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Brandon T. Willard , Rémi Louf

Common test generators fall into two categories. Generating test inputs at the unit level is fast, but can lead to false alarms when a function is called with inputs that would not occur in a system context. If a generated input at the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-06-05 Alexander Kampmann , Andreas Zeller

With the recent rapid progress in the study of deep generative models (DGMs), there is a need for a framework that can implement them in a simple and generic way. In this research, we focus on two features of DGMs: (1) deep neural networks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-09-25 Masahiro Suzuki , Takaaki Kaneko , Yutaka Matsuo

Automating unit test generation remains a significant challenge, particularly for complex methods in real-world projects. While Large Language Models (LLMs) have made strides in code generation, they struggle to achieve high branch coverage…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Sijia Gu , Noor Nashid , Ali Mesbah

Synchronous systems provide a basic model of embedded systems and industrial systems are modeled as Simulink diagrams and/or Lustre programs. Although the test generation problem is critical in the development of safe systems, it often…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Daisuke Ishii , Takashi Tomita , Kenji Onishi , Toshiaki Aoki

Large-scale enterprise systems utilizing Protocol Buffers (protobuf) present significant challenges for performance testing, particularly when targeting intermediate business interfaces with complex nested data structures. Traditional test…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Y. Du

As an important way of assuring software quality, software testing generates and executes test cases to identify software failures. Many strategies have been proposed to guide test-case generation, such as source-code-based approaches and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-08 Zhenzhen Yang , Rubing Huang , Chenhui Cui , Nan Niu , Dave Towey

Modern software systems rely heavily on Web APIs, yet creating meaningful and executable test scripts remains a largely manual, time-consuming, and error-prone task. In this paper, we present APITestGenie, a novel tool that leverages Large…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-03 André Pereira , Bruno Lima , João Pascoal Faria

Automatic assessment of code, in particular to support education, is an important feature included in several Learning Management Systems (LMS), at least to some extent. Several kinds of assessments can be designed, such as exercises asking…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-11-28 Sébastien Combéfis , Guillaume de Moffarts

Automated code generation can be a powerful technique for software development, significantly reducing developers' efforts and time required to create new code by generating it automatically based on requirements. Recently, OpenAI's…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Chao Liu , Xuanlin Bao , Hongyu Zhang , Neng Zhang , Haibo Hu , Xiaohong Zhang , Meng Yan

This work aims to employ natural language generation (NLG) to rapidly generate items for English language learning applications: this requires both language models capable of generating fluent, high-quality English, and to control the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-11-30 Kevin Stowe , Debanjan Ghosh , Mengxuan Zhao

Simulation-driven development of intelligent machines benefits from artificial terrains with controllable, well-defined characteristics. However, most existing tools for terrain generation focus on artist-driven workflows and visual…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Erik Wallin

Context: Machine learning (ML) may enable effective automated test generation. Objective: We characterize emerging research, examining testing practices, researcher goals, ML techniques applied, evaluation, and challenges. Methods: We…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-04-18 Afonso Fontes , Gregory Gay

Automated and therefore repeatable tests are important in product lines to ensure and maintain quality of software functions as well as efficiency of the developers. This article shows methods for fully automated testing of SIMULINK models…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-09-24 Alexej Beresnev , Bernhard Rumpe , Frank Schoven

Graph domain adaptation has emerged as a promising approach to facilitate knowledge transfer across different domains. Recently, numerous models have been proposed to enhance their generalization capabilities in this field. However, there…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Zhen Zhang , Meihan Liu , Bingsheng He

The integration of generative AI tools like ChatGPT into software engineering workflows opens up new opportunities to boost productivity in tasks such as unit test engineering. However, these AI-assisted workflows can also significantly…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Baris Ardic , Quentin Le Dilavrec , Andy Zaidman

Context: Gradually-typed languages allow typed and untyped code to interoperate, but typically come with significant drawbacks. In some languages, the types are unreliable; in others, communication across type boundaries can be extremely…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2022-06-29 Kuang-Chen Lu , Ben Greenman , Carl Meyer , Dino Viehland , Aniket Panse , Shriram Krishnamurthi

Despite recent advances in large language models, building dependable and deployable NLP models typically requires abundant, high-quality training data. However, task-specific data is not available for many use cases, and manually curating…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Saumya Gandhi , Ritu Gala , Vijay Viswanathan , Tongshuang Wu , Graham Neubig