LLM-based Multi-Agent System for Intelligent Refactoring of Haskell Code

TL;DR

This paper presents an LLM-based multi-agent system designed to automate and improve the accuracy of refactoring Haskell code, demonstrating significant enhancements in code quality, complexity reduction, and performance efficiency.

Contribution

The paper introduces a novel multi-agent system utilizing large language models specifically tailored for automated refactoring of Haskell code, a functional programming language.

Findings

11.03% decrease in code complexity

22.46% improvement in overall code quality

13.27% increase in performance efficiency

Abstract

Refactoring is a constant activity in software development and maintenance. Scale and maintain software systems are based on code refactoring. However, this process is still labor intensive, as it requires programmers to analyze the codebases in detail to avoid introducing new defects. In this research, we put forward a large language model (LLM)-based multi-agent system to automate the refactoring process on Haskell code. The objective of this research is to evaluate the effect of LLM-based agents in performing structured and semantically accurate refactoring on Haskell code. Our proposed multi-agent system based on specialized agents with distinct roles, including code analysis, refactoring execution, verification, and debugging. To test the effectiveness and practical applicability of the multi-agent system, we conducted evaluations using different open-source Haskell codebases. The results of the experiments carried out showed that the proposed LLM-based multi-agent system could average 11.03% decreased complexity in code, an improvement of 22.46% in overall code quality, and increase performance efficiency by an average of 13.27%. Furthermore, memory allocation was optimized by up to 14.57%. These results highlight the ability of LLM-based multi-agent in managing refactoring tasks targeted toward functional programming paradigms. Our findings hint that LLM-based multi-agent systems integration into the refactoring of functional programming languages can enhance maintainability and support automated development workflows.