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Evolving Program Improvement Collaborators

Objectif

EPIC will automatically construct Evolutionary Program Improvement Collaborators (called Epi-Collaborators) that suggest code changes that improve software according to multiple functional and non-functional objectives. The Epi-Collaborator suggestions will include transplantation of code from a donor system to a host, grafting of entirely new features `grown' (evolved) by the Epi-Collaborator, and identification and optimisation of tuneable `deep' parameters (that were previously unexposed and therefore unexploited).

A key feature of the EPIC approach is that all of these suggestions will be underpinned by automatically-constructed quantitative evidence that justifies, explains and documents improvements. EPIC aims to introduce a new way of developing software, as a collaboration between human and machine, exploiting the complementary strengths of each; the human has domain and contextual insights, while the machine has the ability to intelligently search large search spaces. The EPIC approach directly tackles the emergent challenges of multiplicity: optimising for multiple competing and conflicting objectives and platforms with multiple software versions.


Keywords:
Search Based Software Engineering (SBSE),
Evolutionary Computing,
Software Testing,
Genetic Algorithms,
Genetic Programming.

Régime de financement

ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant

Institution d’accueil

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 2 159 035,00
Adresse
GOWER STREET
WC1E 6BT London
Royaume-Uni

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Région
London Inner London — West Camden and City of London
Type d’activité
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Liens
Coût total
€ 2 159 035,00

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