💻 computer science

A Concern-Centric Empirical Evaluation of Multi-Language Code Smells: An LLM-Assisted Study of JNI Software Evolution

This paper presents a concern-centric empirical evaluation of JNI code smells using LLM-assisted analysis of 8,207 commits across 15 open-source projects, revealing that existing smell definitions cover only 36.5% of developer maintenance concerns and proposing three new smell definitions to address the identified gaps.

Md Shahrukh Ansari, Salman Abdul Moiz2026-09-07
💻 computer science

Failure Transparency in Android Forensic Parsing Under Schema and Representation Drift: A Controlled ALEAPP Microbenchmark

This study demonstrates that while controlled schema and representation drift in Android forensic parsers like ALEAPP frequently lead to incomplete or misinterpreted evidence, the tools fail to provide examiner-visible diagnostics of these failures, highlighting the critical need for validation frameworks that prioritize failure transparency alongside recovery accuracy.

Tarun Preetham Bulla2026-09-07
💻 computer science

The Query Cannot See the Question: A Short Convolution's Reach Decides Which Part of a Query Conditions Retrieval, and What Falls Outside Becomes a Confident Wrong Answer

This paper demonstrates that the short causal depthwise convolution in linear-attention and state-space models imposes a hard, non-degradable limit on which parts of a query can condition retrieval, causing the model to confidently generate wrong answers when critical information falls outside this narrow window, a failure that persists in shallow layers but can be mitigated by deeper architectures or larger kernels.

Maximiliano Rodrigo Speranza2026-09-07
💻 computer science

Modelling Reinforcement Learning Scheduling Agents: Action spaces, reward designs, and expert demonstrations

This paper investigates how modeling choices in Deep Reinforcement Learning affect scheduling policies for the Flexible Job-shop Scheduling Problem, demonstrating that integrating Constraint Programming-derived optimality bounds and expert demonstrations into a multi-agent framework significantly improves reward design and accelerates convergence to achieve superior, real-time scheduling performance.

Alexandre Jesus, Arthur Corrêa, Miguel Vieira, Catarina Marques, Cristóvão Silva, Samuel Moniz2026-09-07
💻 computer science

A Comparative Study of Pretrained Transformer Models for Quranic ASR: Speech Representations, Label Formats, and Dataset Composition

This paper presents a systematic empirical study demonstrating that fine-tuning the Wav2Vec2-XLSR-53 pretrained Transformer model on a 870-hour Quranic dataset with Arabic text without diacritics significantly reduces Word Error Rates and improves training efficiency compared to baseline systems.

Nabil Mosharraf Hossain, Riasat Islam, Unaizah Obaidellah2026-09-07
💻 computer science

Research Hotspots and Trend Analysis in AI-Enabled Accessible Design: Identification of Core Areas, Evolution of Future Trends, and Visualization through Knowledge Graphs

This paper employs bibliometric and knowledge mapping analyses of Web of Science data (2000–2025) to trace the evolution of AI-enabled accessible design from engineering feasibility to contextual usability, identifying core research pillars, emerging hotspots like generative AI and XR standardization, and proposing a comprehensive User–Scenario–Technology framework for future sustainable governance.

Yuang Liu, Yunqing Wan2026-09-05