Gen-O-Fix: An embeddable framework for Dynamic Adaptive Genetic Improvement Programming

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@TechReport{genofix-TR,

• author = "Jerry Swan and Michael G. Epitropakis and John R. Woodward",
• title = "{Gen-O-Fix:} An embeddable framework for Dynamic Adaptive Genetic Improvement Programming",
• institution = "Computing Science and Mathematics, University of Stirling",
• year = "2014",
• number = "CSM-195",
• address = "UK",
• month = "17 " # jan,
• keywords = "genetic algorithms, genetic programming, Genetic Improvement, Scala, reflection, JVM, AST",
• URL = "http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/techreps/previous.html",
• URL = "http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/techreps/pdf/TR195.pdf",
• URL = "http://www.epitropakis.co.uk/sites/default/files/pubs/genofix-TR.pdf",
• video_url = "http://crest.cs.ucl.ac.uk/cow/28/videos/COW28_Woodward_240.mp4",
• video_url = "http://crest.cs.ucl.ac.uk/cow/28/videos/COW28_Woodward_360.mp4",
• size = "12 pages",
• abstract = "Genetic Improvement Programming (GIP) is concerned with automating the burden of software maintenance, the most costly phase of the software life cycle. We describe Gen-O-Fix, a GIP framework which allows a software system hosted on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to be continually improved (e.g. make better predictions; pass more regression tests; reduce power consumption). It is the first exemplar of a dynamic adaptive GIP framework, i.e. it can improve a system as it runs. It is written in the Scala programming language and uses reflection to yield source-to-source transformation. One of the design goals for Gen-O-Fix was to create a tool that is user-centric rather than researcher-centric: the end-user is required only to provide a measure of system quality and the URL of the source code to be improved. We discuss potential applications to predictive, embedded and high-performance systems.",
• notes = "Scalar offers: OO functional language which 'generalises Hindley-Milner type-inference .. to include sub-typing' Homoiconicity reify expr eval, on the fly execution. Mutation can use reflection to find scope of variable (to avoid out of scope errors). Use pattern matching for many point mutations to AST, 'complex transformations such as context-aware recombination/mutation.' 'Implicit Conversions.. CamperVan for Car'. '..improve any JVM-hosted system, irrespective of whether it was originally written is Scala.' Akka actor fork-join model for the (non) Halting Problem.

  ISSN 1460-9673

  See also slides http://crest.cs.ucl.ac.uk/cow/28/slides/COW28_Woodward.pdf",

}

Genetic Programming entries for Jerry Swan Michael G Epitropakis John R Woodward

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