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"Agents in Software Engineering: Survey, Landscape, and Vision"

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Nice survey and analysis Paper, bridging LLMs and Software Engineering

Analyzes 115 papers on LLM-based agent technology in SE

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.09030

Key points in this Paper 🛠️:

• Presents a framework for LLM-based agents in SE with three key modules:

- Perception: Handles different input modalities (text, visual, auditory)

- Memory: Includes semantic, episodic, and procedural memory

- Action: Contains internal actions (reasoning, retrieval, learning) and external actions (dialogue, interaction with digital environment)

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Key Insights from this Paper 💡:

• Most existing work focuses on token-based textual input, neglecting other modalities

• Lack of comprehensive code knowledge bases for external retrieval

• Challenges in multi-role performance and efficiency of multi-agent collaboration

• Potential for integrating advanced SE techniques into agent systems

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Results 📊:

• Identified key challenges in LLM-based agents for Software Engineering:

- Limited exploration of non-textual input modalities

- Need for diverse agent capabilities

- Hallucinations affecting overall performance

- Efficiency issues in multi-agent collaboration

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