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  1. School of Information Technology and Engineering, Guangzhou College of Commerce, Guangzhou, 511363, China

    Zhuo Zhang

  2. Ningbo Artificial Intelligence Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ningbo, 315000, China

    Ya Li

  3. Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 210209, China

    Jianxin Xue

  4. College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China

    Xiaoguang Mao

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Zhang, Z., Li, Y., Xue, J. et al. Improving fault localization with pre-training. Front. Comput. Sci. 18, 181205 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-023-2597-8

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