Characterization and automatic updates of deprecated machine-learning API usages

• Main Authors: AGUS HARYONO, Stefanus, Ferdian, Thung, LO, David, LAWALL, Julia, JIANG, Lingxiao
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Python; Program Transformation; Automatic Update; Deprecated API; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6649; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/7652/viewcontent/icsme21MLCatchUpTool.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Due to the rise of AI applications, machine learning (ML) libraries, often written in Python, have become far more accessible. ML libraries tend to be updated periodically, which may deprecate existing APIs, making it necessary for application developers to update their usages. In this paper, we bui...