Computational Intelligence in Software Engineering

by Pedrycz, Witold; Peters, J. F.

• ISBN13: 9789810235031
• ISBN10: 9810235038
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This unique volume is the first publication on software engineering and computational intelligence (CI) viewed as a synergistic interplay of neurocomputing, granular computation (including fuzzy sets and rough sets), and evolutionary methods. It presents a unified view of CI in the context of software engineering.The book addresses a number of crucial issues: what is CI, what role does it play in software development, how are CI elements built into successive phases of the software life cycle, and what is the role played by CI in quantifying fundamental features of software artifacts?With contributions from leading researchers and practitioners, the book provides the reader with a wealth of new concepts and approaches, complete algorithms, in-depth case studies, and thought-provoking exercises. The topics coverage include neurocomputing, granular as well as evolutionary computing, object-oriented analysis and design in software engineering. There is also an extensive bibliography.

Table of Contents

Preface
Neurocomputing in Software Engineering	p. 1
On the Promise of Neural Networks to Support Software Testing	p. 3
Neural Networks for Software Quality Prediction	p. 33
Self-Organizing Maps and Software Reuse	p. 65
The Case for an Inductive Computing Science	p. 97
Evolutionary Computing in Software Engineering	p. 125
Automatic Creation of Computer Programs for Designing Electrical Circuits Using Genetic Programming	p. 127
The Computer ZOO - Evolution in a Box	p. 151
An Application of Genetic Programming to Software Quality Prediction	p. 175
Granular Computing in Software Engineering	p. 197
Object Network: A Formal Model to Develop Intelligent Systems	p. 199
Approximate Reasoning about Complex Objects in Distributed Systems: Rough Mereological Formalization	p. 237
FOOD: Towards Fuzzy Object-Oriented Systems Design	p. 269
Knowledge-Based Techniques for Software Quality Management	p. 295
Fuzzy Logic Techniques for Software Metric Models of Development Effort	p. 321
Time-Constrained Software Cost Control System: Concepts and Roughly Fuzzy Petri Net Model	p. 339
Expert System Design to Control the Information Provided to Pilots	p. 371
Approximating Block Accesses in Database Systems	p. 391
Non-Cartesian Approach to Software Engineering	p. 427
Impact of Non-Cartesianism on Software Engineering	p. 429
Bibliography and WWW Resources	p. 463
Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering: A Bibliography and WWW Resources	p. 465
Index	p. 483
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