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GECCO
2006
Springer
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13 years 11 months ago
An empirical investigation of how and why neutrality affects evolutionary search
The effects of neutrality on evolutionary search have been considered in a number of interesting studies, the results of which, however, have been contradictory. Some researchers ...
Edgar Galván López, Riccardo Poli
WCRE
2000
IEEE
13 years 12 months ago
A Structured Demonstration of Program Comprehension Tools
This paper describes a structured tool demonstration, a hybrid evaluation technique that combines elements from experiments, case studies, and technology demonstrations. Developer...
Susan Elliott Sim, Margaret-Anne D. Storey
ICSM
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
A Controlled Experiment Assessing Test Case Prioritization Techniques via Mutation Faults
Regression testing is an important part of software maintenance, but it can also be very expensive. To reduce this expense, software testers may prioritize their test cases so tha...
Hyunsook Do, Gregg Rothermel
COOPIS
2002
IEEE
14 years 14 days ago
Empirical Differences between COTS Middleware Scheduling Strategies
The proportion of complex distributed real-time embedded (DRE) systems made up of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software is increasing significantly in response to...
Christopher D. Gill, Fred Kuhns, Douglas C. Schmid...
SIGSOFT
2007
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Program comprehension as fact finding
Little is known about how developers think about design during code modification tasks or how experienced developers' design knowledge helps them work more effectively. We pe...
Thomas D. LaToza, David Garlan, James D. Herbsleb,...