English
Related papers

Related papers: MR-Coupler: Automated Metamorphic Test Generation …

200 papers

Aiming at the problems of computational inefficiency and insufficient interpretability faced by large models in complex tasks such as multi-round reasoning and multi-modal collaboration, this study proposes a three-layer collaboration…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Luyan Zhang

The rapid advancement of large language models has raised significant concerns regarding their potential misuse by malicious actors. As a result, developing effective detectors to mitigate these risks has become a critical priority.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Xiaowei Zhu , Yubing Ren , Yanan Cao , Xixun Lin , Fang Fang , Yangxi Li

Metamorphic testing seeks to validate software in the absence of test oracles. Our application domain is ocean modeling, where test oracles often do not exist, but where symmetries of the simulated physical systems are known. In this short…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-09-04 Dilip J. Hiremath , Martin Claus , Wilhelm Hasselbring , Willi Rath

We have recently witnessed tremendous success of Machine Learning (ML) in practical applications. Computer vision, speech recognition and language translation have all seen a near human level performance. We expect, in the near future, most…

Bioinformatics software plays a very important role in making critical decisions within many areas including medicine and health care. However, most of the research is directed towards developing tools, and little time and effort is spent…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-02-22 Madhusudan Srinivasan , Morteza Pourreza Shahri , Upulee Kanewala , Indika Kahanda

This article discusses the challenges of testing software systems with increasingly integrated AI and LLM functionalities. LLMs are powerful but unreliable, and labeled ground truth for testing rarely scales. Metamorphic Testing solves this…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Valerio Terragni

A test oracle determines whether a system behaves correctly for a given input. Automatic testing techniques rely on an automated test oracle to test the system without user interaction. Important families of automated test oracles include…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-10-21 Manuel Rigger , Zhendong Su

Deepfakes utilise Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to create synthetic media where the likeness of one person is replaced with another. There are growing concerns that deepfakes can be maliciously used to create misleading and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-02 Nyee Thoang Lim , Meng Yi Kuan , Muxin Pu , Mei Kuan Lim , Chun Yong Chong

The accurate diagnosis of machine breakdowns is crucial for maintaining operational safety in smart manufacturing. Despite the promise shown by deep learning in automating fault identification, the scarcity of labeled training data,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Jinze Wang , Jiong Jin , Tiehua Zhang , Boon Xian Chai , Adriano Di Pietro , Dimitrios Georgakopoulos

Fuzzing is a widely used technique for detecting software bugs and vulnerabilities. Most popular fuzzers generate new inputs using an evolutionary search to maximize code coverage. Essentially, these fuzzers start with a set of seed inputs,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-09-14 Dongdong She , Rahul Krishna , Lu Yan , Suman Jana , Baishakhi Ray

Ensuring the safety of self-driving cars remains a major challenge due to the complexity and unpredictability of real-world driving environments. Traditional testing methods face significant limitations, such as the oracle problem, which…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Tony Zhang , Burak Kantarci , Umair Siddique

Autonomous Driving Systems (ADS) are safety-critical, where failures can be severe. While Metamorphic Testing (MT) is effective for fault detection in ADS, existing methods rely heavily on manual effort and lack automation. We present…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Linfeng Liang , Chenkai Tan , Yao Deng , Yingfeng Cai , T. Y Chen , Xi Zheng

Several studies have proposed deep-learning-based models to predict the mean opinion score (MOS) of synthesized speech, showing the possibility of replacing human raters. However, inter- and intra-rater variability in MOSs makes it hard to…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-03 Yeunju Choi , Youngmoon Jung , Hoirin Kim

Modern System-on-Chip (SoC) designs are becoming more and more complex due to the technology upscaling. SoC designs often operate on multiple asynchronous clock domains, further adding to the complexity of the overall design. To make the…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Aman Kumar , Muhammad Ul Haque Khan , Bijitendra Mittra

Machine learning may enable the automated generation of test oracles. We have characterized emerging research in this area through a systematic literature review examining oracle types, researcher goals, the ML techniques applied, how the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Afonso Fontes , Gregory Gay

Context. Metamorphic Testing is recognised in IEEE/ISO software-testing standards and increasingly recommended for AI systems, but its progress is bottlenecked by metamorphic relation (MR) identification: existing approaches (structured…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Meng Li , Xiaohua Yang , Jie Liu , Shiyu Yan

AI coding assistants powered by large language models (LLMs) have transformed software development, significantly boosting productivity. While existing benchmarks evaluate the correctness and security of LLM-generated code, they are…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-17 Ruchit Rawal , Jeffrey Yang Fan Chiang , Chihao Shen , Jeffery Siyuan Tian , Aastha Mahajan , Tom Goldstein , Yizheng Chen

Model-based mutation analysis is a recent research area, and real-time system testing can benefit from using model mutants. Model-based mutation testing (MBMT) is a particular branch of model-based testing. It generates faulty versions of a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-01-04 Jian Chen , Manar H. Alalfi , Thomas R. Dean

Context: This paper provides an in-depth examination of the generation and evaluation of Metamorphic Relations (MRs) using GPT models developed by OpenAI, with a particular focus on the capabilities of GPT-4 in software testing…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-31 Yifan Zhang , Dave Towey , Matthew Pike , Quang-Hung Luu , Huai Liu , Tsong Yueh Chen

Coupled human balancing tasks are investigated based on both pseudo-neural controllers characterized by time-delayed feedback with random gain and natural human balancing tasks. It is shown numerically that, compared to single balancing…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2011-03-14 Katsutoshi Yoshida , Atsushi Higeta , Shinichi Watanabe