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Toward a Theory of Causation for Interpreting Neural Code Models

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Main Authors:	Palacio, David N., Velasco, Alejandro, Cooper, Nathan, Rodriguez, Alvaro, Moran, Kevin, Poshyvanyk, Denys
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Methodology
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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