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CGARF: a causality-guided framework for reliable automated program repair

Aug 2026 · Empirical Software Engineering · Vol 32 · 0 citations · 54 references
Computer Science

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Results suggest that causal-aware reasoning and stability-oriented design can improve the effectiveness of LLM-based APR, a causality-guided multi-agent repair framework that improves the repair stage of existing LLM-based localization pipelines.

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