Genetic programming for Reverse Engineering

Author

Harman, Mark ; Langdon, William B. ; Weimer, Westley

Author_Institution

CREST Centre, Univ. Coll. London, London, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

14-17 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

This paper overviews the application of Search Based Software Engineering (SBSE) to reverse engineering with a particular emphasis on the growing importance of recent developments in genetic programming and genetic improvement for reverse engineering. This includes work on SBSE for remodularisation, refactoring, regression testing, syntax-preserving slicing and dependence analysis, concept assignment and feature location, bug fixing, and code migration. We also explore the possibilities for new directions in research using GP and GI for partial evaluation, amorphous slicing, and product lines, with a particular focus on code transplantation. This paper accompanies the keynote given by Mark Harman at the 20^th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2013).

Keywords

genetic algorithms; product development; program debugging; program slicing; program testing; regression analysis; reverse engineering; software engineering; software maintenance; software reusability; GI; GP; SBSE; amorphous slicing; bug fixing; code migration; code transplantation; concept assignment; dependence analysis; feature location; genetic improvement; genetic programming; partial evaluation; product lines; refactoring; regression testing; remodularisation; reverse engineering; search based software engineering; syntax-preserving slicing; Genetic programming; Measurement; Optimization; Reverse engineering; Search problems; Software; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reverse Engineering (WCRE), 2013 20th Working Conference on

Conference_Location

Koblenz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCRE.2013.6671274

Filename

6671274