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A Large Language Model (LLM) represents a cutting-edge artificial intelligence model that generates coherent content, including grammatically precise sentences, human-like paragraphs, and syntactically accurate code snippets. LLMs can play…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-12-11 Robson Santos , Italo Santos , Cleyton Magalhaes , Ronnie de Souza Santos

In API testing, deriving logical constraints on API response bodies to be used as oracles is crucial for generating test cases and performing automated testing of RESTful APIs. However, existing approaches are restricted to dynamic…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-22 Hieu Huynh , Tri Le , Tu Nguyen , Viet Nguyen , Vu Nguyen , Tien N. Nguyen

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated emergent abilities in text generation, question answering, and reasoning, facilitating various tasks and domains. Despite their proficiency in various tasks, LLMs like PaLM 540B and Llama-3.1…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Fali Wang , Zhiwei Zhang , Xianren Zhang , Zongyu Wu , Tzuhao Mo , Qiuhao Lu , Wanjing Wang , Rui Li , Junjie Xu , Xianfeng Tang , Qi He , Yao Ma , Ming Huang , Suhang Wang

By integrating tools from external APIs, Large Language Models (LLMs) have expanded their promising capabilities in a diverse spectrum of complex real-world tasks. However, testing, evaluation, and analysis of LLM tool use remain in their…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Yuheng Huang , Jiayang Song , Da Song , Zhenlan Ji , Wenhan Wang , Shuai Wang , Lei Ma

The auditing of financial documents, historically a labor-intensive process, stands on the precipice of transformation. AI-driven solutions have made inroads into streamlining this process by recommending pertinent text passages from…

Large Language Models (LLMs) have seen an impressive wave of advances recently, with models now excelling in a variety of tasks, such as mathematical reasoning and program synthesis. However, their potential to effectively use tools via API…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-05-25 Shishir G. Patil , Tianjun Zhang , Xin Wang , Joseph E. Gonzalez

Test coverage is a standard measure used to evaluate the completeness of a test suite. Coverage is typically computed on source code, by assessing the extent of source code entities (e.g., statements, data dependencies, control…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-08-19 Davide Corradini , Amedeo Zampieri , Michele Pasqua , Mariano Ceccato

In recent years, large language models (LLMs) have emerged as powerful tools with potential applications in various fields, including software engineering. Within the scope of this research, we evaluate five different state-of-the-art LLMs…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Luis Mayer , Christian Heumann , Matthias Aßenmacher

The integration of large language models (LLMs) into automated algorithm design has shown promising potential. A prevalent approach embeds LLMs within search routines to iteratively generate and refine candidate algorithms. However, most…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Fei Liu , Rui Zhang , Xi Lin , Zhichao Lu , Qingfu Zhang

Testing web forms is an essential activity for ensuring the quality of web applications. It typically involves evaluating the interactions between users and forms. Automated test-case generation remains a challenge for web-form testing: Due…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Tao Li , Chenhui Cui , Rubing Huang , Dave Towey , Lei Ma

Automated test case generation from natural language requirements remains a challenging problem in software engineering due to the ambiguity of requirements and the need to produce structured, executable test artifacts. Recent advances in…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Milad Moradi , Ke Yan , David Colwell , Rhona Asgari

Intelligent assistants powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) can generate program and test code with high accuracy, boosting developers' and testers' productivity. However, there is a lack of studies exploring LLMs for testing Web APIs,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-09 André Pereira , Bruno Lima , João Pascoal Faria

Modern enterprise computing systems integrate numerous subsystems to resolve a common task by yielding emergent behavior. A widespread approach is using services implemented with Web technologies like REST or OpenAPI, which offer an…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Robin D. Pesl

Automatically crafting test scenarios for REST APIs helps deliver more reliable and trustworthy web-oriented systems. However, current black-box testing approaches rely heavily on the information available in the API's formal documentation,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-19 Davide Corradini , Zeno Montolli , Michele Pasqua , Mariano Ceccato

Large language models (LLMs) are a new and powerful tool for a wide span of applications involving natural language and demonstrate impressive code generation abilities. The goal of this work is to automatically generate tests and use these…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Christian Munley , Aaron Jarmusch , Sunita Chandrasekaran

Representational State Transfer (REST) APIs are a cornerstone of modern cloud native systems. Ensuring their reliability demands automated test suites that exercise diverse and boundary level behaviors. Nevertheless, designing such test…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-11-03 Jarne Besjes , Robbe Nooyens , Tolgahan Bardakci , Mutlu Beyazit , Serge Demeyer

The application of Large Language Models (LLMs) in software engineering, particularly in static analysis tasks, represents a paradigm shift in the field. In this paper, we investigate the role that current LLMs can play in improving…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-02-28 Ashwin Prasad Shivarpatna Venkatesh , Samkutty Sabu , Amir M. Mir , Sofia Reis , Eric Bodden

Large language models (LLMs) increasingly rely on external tools and APIs to execute complex tasks specified in natural language. Evaluating such tool calling capabilities in realistic enterprise settings is challenging: APIs are often…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Benjamin Elder , Anupama Murthi , Jungkoo Kang , Ankita Rajaram Naik , Kiran Kate , Kinjal Basu , Danish Contractor

Many cloud services provide REST API accessible to client applications. However, developers often identify specification violations only during testing, as error messages typically lack the detail necessary for effective diagnosis.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-30 Katsuki Yamagishi , Norihiro Yoshida , Erina Makihara , Katsuro Inoue

The proliferation of Large Language Models like ChatGPT has significantly advanced language understanding and generation, impacting a broad spectrum of applications. However, these models predominantly excel in text-based tasks, overlooking…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Xiao Liu , Jianfeng Lin , Jiawei Zhang