All Outputs (5)

A systematic review of interaction in search-based software engineering (2018)
Journal Article
Ramirez, A., Romero, J. R., & Simons, C. (2019). A systematic review of interaction in search-based software engineering. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 45(8), 760-781. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSE.2018.2803055

IEEE Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE) has been successfully applied to automate a wide range of software development activities. Nevertheless, in those software engineering problems where human evaluation and preference are crucial, such insi... Read More about A systematic review of interaction in search-based software engineering.

Search-based refactoring: Metrics are not enough (2015)
Journal Article
White, D. R., Simons, C., Singer, J., & White, D. (2015). Search-based refactoring: Metrics are not enough. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 9275, 47-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22183-0_4

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. Search-based Software Engineering (SBSE) techniques have been applied extensively to refactor software, often based on metrics that describe the object-oriented structure of an application. Recent... Read More about Search-based refactoring: Metrics are not enough.

The influence of search components and problem characteristics in early life cycle class modelling (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, J., & Simons, C. (2015). The influence of search components and problem characteristics in early life cycle class modelling. Journal of Systems and Software, 103, 440-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2014.11.034

© 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This paper examines the factors affecting the quality of solution found by meta-heuristic search when optimising object-oriented software class models. From the algorithmic perspective, we examine the effect... Read More about The influence of search components and problem characteristics in early life cycle class modelling.

A cross-disciplinary technology transfer for search-based evolutionary computing: From engineering design to software engineering design (2007)
Journal Article
Simons, C., & Parmee, I. (2007). A cross-disciplinary technology transfer for search-based evolutionary computing: From engineering design to software engineering design. Engineering Optimization, 39(5), 631-648. https://doi.org/10.1080/03052150701382974

Although object-oriented conceptual software design is difficult to learn and perform, computational tool support for the conceptual software designer is limited. In conceptual engineering design, however, computational tools exploiting interactive e... Read More about A cross-disciplinary technology transfer for search-based evolutionary computing: From engineering design to software engineering design.

A forward look at computational support for conceptual design (2006)
Journal Article
Miles, J., Hall, L., Noyes, J., Parmee, I., & Simons, C. (2006). A forward look at computational support for conceptual design. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, LNCS, volume 4200, 492-499. https://doi.org/10.1007/11888598_44

Future research needs for computational support for conceptual design are examined. The material is the result of the work of a so called design cluster. The cluster has, through a series of workshops, defined what it believes are the salient areas i... Read More about A forward look at computational support for conceptual design.