Multi-objective improvement of software using co-evolution and smart seeding

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5361 LNAI, Issue , 2008, Pages 61-70

  Arcuri, Andrea ^a   White, David Robert ^b   Clark, John ^b   Yao, Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; INFORMATION THEORY; PROGRAM COMPILERS;

EFFICIENCY GAINS; EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISATION; EVOLVED POPULATIONS; EXECUTION TIMES; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES; OPTIMISATION; OPTIMISATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMISATIONS; SOFTWARE USING; TEST CASES;

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EID: 58349088807     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89694-4_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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