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Investigating the Performance of Small Language Models in Detecting Test Smells in Manual Test Cases

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Main Authors:	Lucas, Keila, Gheyi, Rohit, Ribeiro, Márcio, Palomba, Fabio, Martins, Luana, Soares, Elvys
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Software Engineering
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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