Is common sense all you need? Using expert defined rules to identify vulnerability patches instead of machine learning
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- 10.1007/s10664-026-10860-0
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- 2026-05-07
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- Empirical Software Engineering
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- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1007/s10664-026-10860-0,
title = {Is common sense all you need? Using expert defined rules to identify vulnerability patches instead of machine learning},
author = {Aurora Papotti and Serena Elisa Ponta and Antonino Sabetta and Fabio Massacci},
year = {2026},
journal = {Empirical Software Engineering},
doi = {10.1007/s10664-026-10860-0},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-026-10860-0}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Is common sense all you need? Using expert defined rules to identify vulnerability patches instead of machine learning AU - Aurora Papotti AU - Serena Elisa Ponta AU - Antonino Sabetta AU - Fabio Massacci PY - 2026 JO - Empirical Software Engineering DO - 10.1007/s10664-026-10860-0 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-026-10860-0 ER -
APA
Papotti, A., Ponta, S. E., Sabetta, A., & Massacci, F. (2026). Is common sense all you need? Using expert defined rules to identify vulnerability patches instead of machine learning. Empirical Software Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-026-10860-0
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