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Large language models (LLMs) have become central to modern AI workflows, powering applications from open-ended text generation to complex agent-based reasoning. However, debugging these models remains a persistent challenge due to their…

Novice programmers often face challenges in fault localization due to their limited experience and understanding of programming syntax and logic. Traditional methods like Spectrum-Based Fault Localization (SBFL) and Mutation-Based Fault…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Hexiang Xu , Hengyuan Liu , Yonghao Wu , Xiaolan Kang , Xiang Chen , Yong Liu

Answer Set Programming (ASP) is a powerful declarative programming paradigm commonly used for solving challenging search and optimization problems. The modeling languages of ASP are supported by sophisticated solving algorithms (solvers)…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-08-08 Zach Hansen

In the field of Answer Set Programming (ASP), two logic programs are strongly equivalent if they are ordinarily equivalent under any extensions. This property provides a theoretical foundation for studying many aspects of logic programs…

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In games, and more generally in the field of software development, early detection of bugs is vital to maintain a high quality of the final product. Automated tests are a powerful tool that can catch a problem earlier in development by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Leonardo Marini , Linus Gisslén , Alessandro Sestini

Automated generation of feedback on programming assignments holds significant benefits for programming education, especially when it comes to advanced assignments. Automated Program Repair techniques, especially Large Language Model based…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-04-03 Qianhui Zhao , Fang Liu , Li Zhang , Yang Liu , Zhen Yan , Zhenghao Chen , Yufei Zhou , Jing Jiang , Ge Li

Large language models such as Codex, have shown the capability to produce code for many programming tasks. However, the success rate of existing models is low, especially for complex programming tasks. One of the reasons is that language…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-01-03 Zhiyu Fan , Xiang Gao , Martin Mirchev , Abhik Roychoudhury , Shin Hwei Tan

In Computer Science (CS) education, understanding factors contributing to students' programming difficulties is crucial for effective learning support. By identifying specific issues students face, educators can provide targeted assistance…

Answer Set Programming (ASP) is a declarative logic programming formalism, which is employed nowadays in both academic and industrial real-world applications. Although some tools for supporting the development of ASP programs have been…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2011-08-30 Onofrio Febbraro , Nicola Leone , Kristian Reale , Francesco Ricca

Answer Set Programming (ASP) is a powerful paradigm for non-monotonic reasoning. Recently, large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated promising capabilities in logical reasoning. Despite this potential, current evaluations of LLM…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Lin Ren , Guohui Xiao , Guilin Qi , Yishuai Geng , Haohan Xue

Providing timely and personalized guidance for students' programming assignments, offers significant practical value for helping students complete assignments and enhance their learning. In recent years, various automated Fault Localization…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Fang Liu , Tianze Wang , Li Zhang , Zheyu Yang , Jing Jiang , Zian Sun

Fault localization (FL) is a critical but time-consuming task in software debugging, aiming to identify faulty code elements. While recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have shown promise for FL, they often struggle with complex…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-26 Xinyu Shi , Zhenhao Li , An Ran Chen

Pseudocode is extensively used in introductory programming courses to instruct computer science students in algorithm design, utilizing natural language to define algorithmic behaviors. This learning approach enables students to convert…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Zhenyu Xu , Kun Zhang , Victor S. Sheng

Answer set programming (ASP) is a well-established logic programming language that offers an intuitive, declarative syntax for problem solving. In its traditional application, a fixed ASP program for a given problem is designed and the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-08-08 Manuel Bichler , Michael Morak , Stefan Woltran

Large Language Model (LLM) systems have been at the forefront of applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) research in a multitude of domains. One such domain is software development, where researchers have pushed the automation of a number of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Vali Tawosi , Salwa Alamir , Xiaomo Liu , Manuela Veloso

Recently, Large Language Model (LLM)-based Fault Localization (FL) techniques have been proposed, and showed improved performance with explanations on FL results. However, a major issue with LLM-based FL techniques is their heavy reliance…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Jindae Kim , Jaewoo Song

The application of Artificial Intelligence has become a powerful approach to detecting software vulnerabilities. However, effective vulnerability detection relies on accurately capturing the semantic structure of code and its contextual…

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Automated Program Repair (APR) has benefited from the code understanding and generation capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs). Existing feedback-based APR methods iteratively refine candidate patches using test execution feedback and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Linhao Wu , Yifei Pei , Zhen Yang , Kainan Li , Zhonghang Lu , Hao Tan , Xiran Lyu , Jia Li , Yizhou Chen , Pengyu Xue , Kunwu Zheng , Dan Hao

Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown human-like reasoning abilities but still struggle with complex logical problems. This paper introduces a novel framework, Logic-LM, which integrates LLMs with symbolic solvers to improve logical…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Liangming Pan , Alon Albalak , Xinyi Wang , William Yang Wang

High-level synthesis (HLS) accelerates hardware design by enabling the automatic translation of high-level descriptions into efficient hardware implementations. However, debugging HLS code is a challenging and labor-intensive task,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Jing Wang , Shang Liu , Yao Lu , Zhiyao Xie