English
Related papers

Related papers: Improving LLM-Based Fault Localization with Extern…

200 papers

Fault localization is one of the most time-consuming and error-prone parts of software debugging. There are several tools for helping developers in the fault localization process, however, they mostly target programs written in Java and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-08-30 Qusay Idrees Sarhan , Attila Szatmari , Rajmond Toth , Arpad Beszedes

Debugging consumes a substantial portion of the software development lifecycle, yet the effectiveness of Large Language Models(LLMs) in this task is not well understood. Competitive programming offers a rich benchmark for such evaluation,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-23 Nabiha Parvez , Tanvin Sarkar Pallab , Mia Mohammad Imran , Tarannum Shaila Zaman

Large language models (LLMs) are central to modern natural language processing, delivering exceptional performance in various tasks. However, their substantial computational and memory requirements present challenges, especially for devices…

Abrupt and unexpected terminations of software are termed as software crashes. They can be challenging to analyze. Finding the root cause requires extensive manual effort and expertise to connect information sources like stack traces,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Neetha Jambigi , Bartosz Bogacz , Moritz Mueller , Thomas Bach , Michael Felderer

Fault localization has been determined as a major resource factor in the software development life cycle. Academic fault localization techniques are mostly unknown and unused in professional environments. Although manual debugging…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-03-04 Thomas Hirsch

Traditional software fault injection methods, while foundational, face limitations in adequately representing real-world faults, offering customization, and requiring significant manual effort and expertise. This paper introduces a novel…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-04-12 Domenico Cotroneo , Pietro Liguori

In this paper, we propose DeepRL4FL, a deep learning fault localization (FL) approach that locates the buggy code at the statement and method levels by treating FL as an image pattern recognition problem. DeepRL4FL does so via novel code…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Yi Li , Shaohua Wang , Tien N. Nguyen

Memory is essential for enabling large language models to support long-horizon reasoning, yet existing memory systems remain unreliable and difficult to debug. Tracing memory's dynamic evolution is crucial to understand how information is…

The automated program repair field has attracted substantial interest over the years, but despite significant research efforts, creating a system that works well for complex semantic bugs such as security vulnerabilities has proven…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Berkay Berabi , Alexey Gronskiy , Veselin Raychev , Gishor Sivanrupan , Victor Chibotaru , Martin Vechev

Software debugging is a critical and time-consuming aspect of software development, with fault localization being a fundamental step that significantly impacts debugging efficiency. Mutation-Based Fault Localization (MBFL) has gained…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Hengyuan Liu , Xia Song , Yong Liu , Zheng Li

This work introduces CodeFlowLM, an incremental learning framework for Just-In-Time Software Defect Prediction (JIT-SDP) that leverages pre-trained language models (PLMs). Unlike traditional online learners, CodeFlowLM employs continual…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Monique Louise Monteiro , George G. Cabral , Adriano L. I. OLiveira

Large language models (LLMs) have recently achieved significant success across various application domains, garnering substantial attention from different communities. Unfortunately, even for the best LLM, many \textit{faults} still exist…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Qiang Hu , Jin Wen , Maxime Cordy , Yuheng Huang , Wei Ma , Xiaofei Xie , Lei Ma

Bug localization in Verilog code is a crucial and time-consuming task during the verification of hardware design. Since introduction, Large Language Models (LLMs) have showed their strong programming capabilities. However, no work has yet…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Bingkun Yao , Ning Wang , Jie Zhou , Xi Wang , Hong Gao , Zhe Jiang , Nan Guan

Previous learning-based vulnerability detection methods relied on either medium-sized pre-trained models or smaller neural networks from scratch. Recent advancements in Large Pre-Trained Language Models (LLMs) have showcased remarkable…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Xin Zhou , Ting Zhang , David Lo

Fault localization in modern processor design code is a critical yet time-consuming step during processor verification. While recent advances in LLM-based techniques for module-level hardware design have shown promising results,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Zizhen Liu , Xiaoguang Mao , Deheng Yang , Jiayu He , Yihao Qin , Guangda Zhang , Yan Lei , Jianjun Xu , Jiang Wu

With the rapid development of large language models (LLMs), distributed training and inference frameworks like DeepSpeed have become essential for scaling model training and inference across multiple GPUs or nodes. However, the increasing…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Xiao Yu , Haoxuan Chen , Feifei Niu , Xing Hu , Jacky Wai Keung , Xin Xia

Open source software (OSS) is integral to modern product development, and any vulnerability within it potentially compromises numerous products. While developers strive to apply security patches, pinpointing these patches among extensive…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-16 Jinhong Yu , Yi Chen , Di Tang , Xiaozhong Liu , XiaoFeng Wang , Chen Wu , Haixu Tang

With the advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs), their application in Software Quality Assurance (SQA) has increased. However, the current focus of these applications is predominantly on ChatGPT. There remains a gap in understanding…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Ratnadira Widyasari , David Lo , Lizi Liao

Software testing helps developers to identify bugs. However, awareness of bugs is only the first step. Finding and correcting the faulty program components is equally hard and essential for high-quality software. Fault localization…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-03-05 Hannes Thaller , Lukas Linsbauer , Alexander Egyed , Stefan Fischer

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