On Search Based Software Evolution

author = "Andrea Arcuri",

title = "On Search Based Software Evolution",

booktitle = "Proceedings 1st International Symposium on Search Based Software Engineering SSBSE 2009",

year = "2009",

editor = "Massimiliano {Di Penta} and Simon Poulding",

pages = "39--42",

address = "Windsor, UK",

month = "13-15 " # may,

publisher = "IEEE",

keywords = "genetic algorithms, genetic programming, SBSE, program coevolution, program test case, search algorithm, software engineering problem, software evolution, program testing, search problems, software engineering",

isbn13 = "978-0-7695-3675-0",

DOI = "

doi:10.1109/SSBSE.2009.12",

abstract = "Writing software is a difficult and expensive task. Its automation is hence very valuable. Search algorithms have been successfully used to tackle many software engineering problems. Unfortunately, for some problems the traditional techniques have been of only limited scope, and search algorithms have not been used yet. We hence propose a novel framework that is based on a co-evolution of programs and test cases to tackle these difficult problems.This framework can be used to tackle software engineering tasks such as automatic refinement, fault correction,improving non-functional criteria and reverse engineering.While the programs evolve to accomplish one of these tasks, test cases are co-evolved at the the same time to find new faults in the evolving programs.",

notes = "order number P3675 http://www.ssbse.info/ Also known as \cite{5033178}",