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Recent advances in foundation models, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs) and Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs), have facilitated the development of intelligent agents capable of performing complex tasks. By leveraging the…

Ensuring the reliability and verifiability of large language model (LLM)-enabled systems remains a significant challenge in software engineering. We propose a probabilistic framework for systematically analyzing and improving these systems…

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This paper describes Meta's ACH system for mutation-guided LLM-based test generation. ACH generates relatively few mutants (aka simulated faults), compared to traditional mutation testing. Instead, it focuses on generating currently…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-01-23 Christopher Foster , Abhishek Gulati , Mark Harman , Inna Harper , Ke Mao , Jillian Ritchey , Hervé Robert , Shubho Sengupta

Generating test cases through automatic app exploration is very useful for analyzing and testing Android apps. However, test cases generated by current app-exploration tools are not reproducible, i.e. when the generated test case is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-10-25 Ziniu Hu , Yun Ma , Yangyang Huang

Because Mobile apps are extremely popular and often mission critical nowadays, companies invest a great deal of resources in testing the apps they provide to their customers. Testing is particularly important for Android apps, which must…

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In industrial model-based development (MBD) frameworks, requirements are typically specified informally using textual descriptions. To enable the application of formal methods, these specifications need to be formalized in the input…

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Estimating software testability can crucially assist software managers to optimize test budgets and software quality. In this paper, we propose a new approach that radically differs from the traditional approach of pursuing testability…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Luca Guglielmo , Leonardo Mariani , Giovanni Denaro

Large Language Models (LLMs) have emerged as coding assistants, capable of generating source code from natural language prompts. With the increasing adoption of LLMs in software development, academic research and industry based projects are…

Generating software from abstract models is a prime activity in model-drivenengineering. Adaptable and extendable code generators are important to address changing technologies as well as user needs. However, theyare less established, as…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-06-10 Timo Greifenberg , Klaus Müller , Alexander Roth , Bernhard Rumpe , Christoph Schulze , Andreas Wortmann

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

Web applications are critical to modern software ecosystems, yet ensuring their reliability remains challenging due to the complexity and dynamic nature of web interfaces. Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have shown promise…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Nguyen-Khang Le , Quan Minh Bui , Minh Ngoc Nguyen , Hiep Nguyen , Trung Vo , Son T. Luu , Shoshin Nomura , Minh Le Nguyen

As large language models become increasingly capable of generating code, evaluating their performance remains a complex and evolving challenge. Existing benchmarks primarily focus on functional correctness, overlooking the diversity of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-11-03 Forough Mehralian , Ryan Shar , James R. Rae , Alireza Hashemi

Android apps rely heavily on Data Manipulation Functionalities (DMFs) for handling app-specific data through CRUDS operations, making their correctness vital for reliability. However, detecting Data Manipulation Errors (DMEs) is challenging…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Xiangyang Xiao , Huaxun Huang , Rongxin Wu

Software testing is aimed to improve the delivered reliability of the users. Delivered reliability is the reliability of using the software after it is delivered to the users. Usually the software consists of many modules. Thus, the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-01-17 Ping Cao , Zhao Dong , Ke Liu , Kai-Yuan Cai

The rapid appearance of large language models (LLMs) has led to systems that turn natural-language intent into real user interfaces (UIs). Free-form code generation maximizes expressiveness but often hurts reliability, security, and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Xinsong Li , Ning Jiang , Jay Selvaraj

AI models excel at creating content, but typically render it with static, predefined interfaces. Specifically, the output of LLMs is often a markdown "wall of text". Generative UI is a long standing promise, where the model generates not…

Developers and quality assurance testers often rely on manual testing to test accessibility features throughout the product lifecycle. Unfortunately, manual testing can be tedious, often has an overwhelming scope, and can be difficult to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-03-06 Maryam Taeb , Amanda Swearngin , Eldon Schoop , Ruijia Cheng , Yue Jiang , Jeffrey Nichols

As the popularity of Smart Televisions (TVs) and interactive Smart TV applications (apps) has recently grown, the usability of these apps has become an important quality characteristic. Previous studies examined Smart TV apps from a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-04-06 Miroslav Bures , Miroslav Macik , Bestoun S. Ahmed , Vaclav Rechtberger , Pavel Slavik

Configuration is a key technology for tailoring complex software systems, services, and products. A successful application of configurators not only depends on technical correctness, performance, and domain modeling but also on their…

Large Language Models (LLMs) are driving a shift towards intent-driven development, where agents build complete software from scratch. However, existing benchmarks fail to assess this 0-to-1 generation capability due to two limitations:…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Ruida Hu , Xinchen Wang , Chao Peng , Cuiyun Gao , David Lo