Large language models for software engineering: A systematic literature review

X Hou, Y Zhao, Y Liu, Z Yang, K Wang, L Li… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Large Language Models (LLMs) have significantly impacted numerous domains, including
Software Engineering (SE). Many recent publications have explored LLMs applied to …

Towards an understanding of large language models in software engineering tasks

Z Zheng, K Ning, Q Zhong, J Chen, W Chen… - Empirical Software …, 2025 - Springer
Abstract Large Language Models (LLMs) have drawn widespread attention and research
due to their astounding performance in text generation and reasoning tasks. Derivative …

[HTML][HTML] Fine-tuning and prompt engineering for large language models-based code review automation

C Pornprasit, C Tantithamthavorn - Information and Software Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Context: The rapid evolution of Large Language Models (LLMs) has sparked significant
interest in leveraging their capabilities for automating code review processes. Prior studies …

An empirical study of the non-determinism of chatgpt in code generation

S Ouyang, JM Zhang, M Harman, M Wang - ACM Transactions on …, 2025 - dl.acm.org
There has been a recent explosion of research on Large Language Models (LLMs) for
software engineering tasks, in particular code generation. However, results from LLMs can …

On the effectiveness of large language models in domain-specific code generation

X Gu, M Chen, Y Lin, Y Hu, H Zhang, C Wan… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have shown remarkable capabilities in
code generation. Despite significant achievements, they rely on enormous training data to …

Exploring the capabilities of llms for code change related tasks

L Fan, J Liu, Z Liu, D Lo, X **a, S Li - ACM Transactions on Software …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Developers deal with code-change-related tasks daily, eg, reviewing code. Pre-trained code
and code-change-oriented models have been adapted to help developers with such tasks …

On the evaluation of large language models in unit test generation

L Yang, C Yang, S Gao, W Wang, B Wang… - Proceedings of the 39th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Unit testing is an essential activity in software development for verifying the correctness of
software components. However, manually writing unit tests is challenging and time …

Large language models for education: A survey and outlook

S Wang, T Xu, H Li, C Zhang, J Liang, J Tang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) has brought in a new era of possibilities in
the realm of education. This survey paper summarizes the various technologies of LLMs in …

Cycle: Learning to self-refine the code generation

Y Ding, MJ Min, G Kaiser, B Ray - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Pre-trained code language models have achieved promising performance in code
generation and improved the programming efficiency of human developers. However, their …

A survey on large language models for software engineering

Q Zhang, C Fang, Y **e, Y Zhang, Y Yang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Software Engineering (SE) is the systematic design, development, and maintenance of
software applications, underpinning the digital infrastructure of our modern mainworld. Very …