Beyond Accuracy: An Empirical Study on Unit Testing in Open-source Deep Learning Projects

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Main Authors:	Wang, Han, Yu, Sijia, Chen, Chunyang, Turhan, Burak, Zhu, Xiaodong
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2024
Subjects:	Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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