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A Systematic Literature Review of Code Hallucinations in LLMs: Characterization, Mitigation Methods, Challenges, and Future Directions for Reliable AI

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Main Authors:	Gao, Cuiyun, Fan, Guodong, Chong, Chun Yong, Chen, Shizhan, Liu, Chao, Lo, David, Zheng, Zibin, Liao, Qing
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Software Engineering
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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