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This paper presents a study of using large language models (LLMs) in modifying existing code. While LLMs for generating code have been widely studied, their role in code modification remains less understood. Although "prompting" serves as…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Ningzhi Tang , Emory Smith , Yu Huang , Collin McMillan , Toby Jia-Jun Li

In this study, we explored an approach to automate the review process of software design documents by using LLM. We first analyzed the review methods of design documents and organized 11 review perspectives. Additionally, we analyzed the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Takasaburo Fukuda , Takao Nakagawa , Keisuke Miyazaki , Susumu Tokumoto

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to generate requirements specifications, design documents, code, and test cases. In contrast, much less attention has been given to a more difficult assurance problem: statically verifying…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Zhi Quan Zhou , Dave Towey , Tsong Yueh Chen

Software vulnerabilities continue to be ubiquitous, even in the era of AI-powered code assistants, advanced static analysis tools, and the adoption of extensive testing frameworks. It has become apparent that we must not simply prevent…

Context: The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) has significantly transformed Software Engineering (SE) by providing innovative methods for analyzing software repositories. Objectives: Our objective is to establish a practical…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-12-13 Vincenzo de Martino , Joel Castaño , Fabio Palomba , Xavier Franch , Silverio Martínez-Fernández

This study examined code issue detection and revision automation by integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) such as OpenAI's GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4o into software development workflows. A static code analysis framework detects issues such…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Seyed Moein Abtahi , Akramul Azim

Encountering outdated documentation is not a rare occurrence for developers and users in the software engineering community. To ensure that software documentation is up-to-date, developers often have to manually check whether the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-07-11 Wen Siang Tan , Markus Wagner , Christoph Treude

Code Review consists in assessing the code written by teammates with the goal of increasing code quality. Empirical studies documented the benefits brought by such a practice that, however, has its cost to pay in terms of developers' time.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Rosalia Tufano , Gabriele Bavota

Context: New scientific evidence continuously arises with advances in Software Engineering (SE) research. Conventionally, Systematic Literature Reviews (SLRs) are not updated or updated intermittently, leaving gaps between updates, during…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-06-10 Bianca Minetto Napoleão , Fabio Petrillo , Sylvain Hallé , Marcos Kalinowski

Machine learning (ML) models, data and software need to be regularly updated whenever essential version updates are released and feasible for integration. This is a basic but most challenging requirement to satisfy in the edge, due to the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-14 Fin Gentzen , Mounir Bensalem , Admela Jukan

To ensure that Large Language Models (LLMs) effectively support user productivity, they need to be adjusted. Existing Code Readability (CR) models can guide this alignment. However, there are concerns about their relevance in modern…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-29 Agnia Sergeyuk , Olga Lvova , Sergey Titov , Anastasiia Serova , Farid Bagirov , Evgeniia Kirillova , Timofey Bryksin

The release note is a crucial document outlining changes in new software versions. Yet, many developers view the process of writing software release notes as a tedious and dreadful task. Consequently, numerous tools have been developed by…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Farbod Daneshyan , Runzhi He , Jianyu Wu , Minghui Zhou

Large Language Models (LLMs) exhibit remarkable code generation capabilities but falter when adapting to frequent updates in external library APIs. This critical limitation, stemming from reliance on outdated API knowledge from their…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Haoze Wu , Yunzhi Yao , Wenhao Yu , Ningyu Zhang

Large Language Models (LLMs) offer new potential for automating documentation-to-code traceability, yet their capabilities remain underexplored. We present a comprehensive evaluation of LLMs (Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, and o3-mini) in…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Ebube Alor , SayedHassan Khatoonabadi , Emad Shihab

Meeting summarization has become a critical task since digital encounters have become a common practice. Large language models (LLMs) show great potential in summarization, offering enhanced coherence and context understanding compared to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Frederic Kirstein , Terry Ruas , Bela Gipp

Context: Systematic Literature Reviews (SLRs) have been adopted within Software Engineering (SE) for more than a decade to provide meaningful summaries of evidence on several topics. Many of these SLRs are now potentially not fully…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-06-11 Claes Wohlin , Emilia Mendes , Katia Romero Felizardo , Marcos Kalinowski

Tumor documentation in Germany is largely done manually, requiring reading patient records and entering data into structured databases. Large language models (LLMs) could potentially enhance this process by improving efficiency and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Stefan Lenz , Arsenij Ustjanzew , Marco Jeray , Meike Ressing , Torsten Panholzer

Modern codebases evolve continuously: files are renamed or deleted; public APIs drift; behavior shifts within otherwise familiar modules. A model trained yesterday to map a developer's natural-language question to the exact set of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Pradeep Kumar Sharma , Ishaan Puri , Mantinder Jit Singh , Swapnil Shivaprasad , Hritvik Shrivastava

Logging is essential in software development, helping developers monitor system behavior and aiding in debugging applications. Given the ability of large language models (LLMs) to generate natural language and code, researchers are…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Mayra Sofia Ruiz Rodriguez , SayedHassan Khatoonabadi , Emad Shihab

Requirements traceability, the process of establishing and maintaining relationships between requirements and various software development artifacts, is paramount for ensuring system integrity and fulfilling requirements throughout the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Nouf Alturayeif , Irfan Ahmad , Jameleddine Hassine