by George S Cowan (Wayne State University, USA) & Robert G Reynolds (Wayne State University, USA)

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.

• SWEEP: A System for the Software Engineering of Evolving Programs
• The Genetic Programming Element Agents
• The Metrics Apprentice: Using Cultural Algorithms to Formulate Quality Metrics for Software Systems
• An Example Problem for Automatic Programming: Solving the Noisy Sine Problem with Discipulus
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Analysis: The Relationship of Software Metrics to Bloat
• Defining a New Software Metric to Estimate Generalization Using the Metrics Apprentice