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Search Based Software Engineering

8th International Symposium, SSBSE 2016, Raleigh, NC, USA, October 8-10, 2016, Proceedings

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 9962)

Part of the book sub series: Programming and Software Engineering (LNPSE)

Conference series link(s): SSBSE: International Symposium on Search Based Software Engineering

Conference proceedings info: SSBSE 2016.

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Table of contents (28 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
  2. Research Papers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. HOMI: Searching Higher Order Mutants for Software Improvement

      • Fan Wu, Mark Harman, Yue Jia, Jens Krinke
      Pages 18-33
    3. Search Based Test Suite Minimization for Fault Detection and Localization: A Co-driven Method

      • Jingyao Geng, Zheng Li, Ruilian Zhao, Junxia Guo
      Pages 34-48
    4. Validation of Constraints Among Configuration Parameters Using Search-Based Combinatorial Interaction Testing

      • Angelo Gargantini, Justyna Petke, Marco Radavelli, Paolo Vavassori
      Pages 49-63
    5. Search-Based Testing of Procedural Programs: Iterative Single-Target or Multi-target Approach?

      • Simone Scalabrino, Giovanni Grano, Dario Di Nucci, Rocco Oliveto, Andrea De Lucia
      Pages 64-79
    6. A Search Based Approach for Stress-Testing Integrated Circuits

      • Basil Eljuse, Neil Walkinshaw
      Pages 80-95
    7. An (Accidental) Exploration of Alternatives to Evolutionary Algorithms for SBSE

      • Vivek Nair, Tim Menzies, Jianfeng Chen
      Pages 96-111
    8. Improved Crossover Operators for Genetic Programming for Program Repair

      • Vinicius Paulo L. Oliveira, Eduardo F. D. Souza, Claire Le Goues, Celso G. Camilo-Junior
      Pages 112-127
    9. Scaling up the Fitness Function for Reverse Engineering Feature Models

      • Thammasak Thianniwet, Myra B. Cohen
      Pages 128-142
    10. A Multi-objective Approach to Prioritize and Recommend Bugs in Open Source Repositories

      • Duany Dreyton, Allysson Allex Araújo, Altino Dantas, Raphael Saraiva, Jerffeson Souza
      Pages 143-158
    11. Search Based Clustering for Protecting Software with Diversified Updates

      • Mariano Ceccato, Paolo Falcarin, Alessandro Cabutto, Yosief Weldezghi Frezghi, Cristian-Alexandru Staicu
      Pages 159-175
    12. Test Data Generation Efficiency Prediction Model for EFSM Based on MGGP

      • Weiwei Wang, Ruilian Zhao, Ying Shang, Yong Liu
      Pages 176-191
    13. Search-Based Generalization and Refinement of Code Templates

      • Tim Molderez, Coen De Roover
      Pages 192-208
  3. SBSE Challenge Papers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
    2. Amortised Deep Parameter Optimisation of GPGPU Work Group Size for OpenCV

      • Jeongju Sohn, Seongmin Lee, Shin Yoo
      Pages 211-217
    3. Automated Testing of Web Applications with TESTAR

      • Francisco Almenar, Anna I. Esparcia-Alcázar, Mirella Martínez, Urko Rueda
      Pages 218-223
    4. API-Constrained Genetic Improvement

      • William B. Langdon, David R. White, Mark Harman, Yue Jia, Justyna Petke
      Pages 224-230

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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering, SSBSE 2016, held in Raleigh, NC, USA, in October 2016.The 13 revised full papers and 4 short papers presented together with 7 challenge track and 4 graduate student track papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. Search Based Software Engineering (SBSE) studies the application of meta-heuristic optimization techniques to various software engineering problems, ranging from requirements engineering to software testing and maintenance.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University College London, London, United Kingdom

    Federica Sarro

  • Michigan State University , East Lansing, USA

    Kalyanmoy Deb

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