: Function Block Adapters (FBAs) are new modeling elements, responsible for the connection of UML capsules and function blocks of the IEC 61131-3 standard. FBAs contain an interfac...
Abstract We consider a form of phenotype plasticity in Genetic Programming (GP). This takes the form of a set of real-valued numerical parameters associated with each individual, a...
Accurately predicting program behaviors (e.g., locality, dependency, method calling frequency) is fundamental for program optimizations and runtime adaptations. Despite decades of...
Kai Tian, Yunlian Jiang, Eddy Z. Zhang, Xipeng She...
Writing deterministic programs is often difficult for problems whose optimal solutions depend on unpredictable properties of the programs’ inputs. Difficulty is also encounter...
So far, culture has played a minor role in the design of software. Our experience with imbuto, a program designed for Rwandan agricultural advisors, has shown that cultural adaptat...