Acquisition of software engineering knowledge : SWEEP, an automatic programming system based on genetic programming and cultural algorithms / George S. Cowan, Robert G. Reynolds
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. SWEEP: A System for the Software Engineering of Evolving Programs -- Ch. 3. The Genetic Programming Element Agents -- Ch. 4. The Metrics Apprentice: Using Cultural Algorithms to Formulate Quality Metrics for Software Systems -- Ch. 5. An Example Problem for Automatic Programming: Solving the Noisy Sine Problem with Discipulus -- Ch. 6. Data Collection and Analysis -- Ch. 7. Analysis: The Relationship of Software Metrics to Bloat -- Ch. 8. Defining a New Software Metric To Estimate Generalization Using the Metrics Apprentice -- Ch. 9. Conclusion
Summary
This is the first book that attempts to provide a framework in which to embed an automatic programming system based on evolutionary learning (genetic programming) into a traditional software engineering environment. As such, it looks at how traditional software engineering knowledge can be integrated with an evolutionary programming process in a symbiotic way
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and index
