From Human to Machine Refactoring: Assessing GPT-4's Impact on Python Class Quality and Readability

Alessandro Midolo, Emiliano Tramontana, Massimiliano Di Penta. From Human to Machine Refactoring: Assessing GPT-4's Impact on Python Class Quality and Readability. In Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE/ACM Third International Conference on AI Foundation Models and Software Engineering, FORGE 2026, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 12-13, 2026. pages 116-127, ACM, 2026. [doi]

@inproceedings{MidoloTP26,
  title = {From Human to Machine Refactoring: Assessing GPT-4's Impact on Python Class Quality and Readability},
  author = {Alessandro Midolo and Emiliano Tramontana and Massimiliano Di Penta},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1145/3793655.3793733},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3793655.3793733},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/MidoloTP26},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  pages = {116-127},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE/ACM Third International Conference on AI Foundation Models and Software Engineering, FORGE 2026, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 12-13, 2026},
  publisher = {ACM},
  isbn = {979-8-4007-2477-0},
}