Summary of Test Case Features As Hyper-heuristics For Inductive Programming, by Edward Mcdaid et al.
Test Case Features as Hyper-heuristics for Inductive Programming
by Edward McDaid, Sarah McDaid
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper introduces a novel approach to reducing the size of the inductive programming search space using instruction subsets, which are heuristics that predict the instructions required to code a solution for any problem. The current method employs a single large family of subsets, leading to slow search times and inefficient solutions. To address this issue, the authors propose using test case type signatures as hyper-heuristics to select one of many smaller families of instruction subsets, reducing the number of subsets that need to be considered. This approach can further reduce the size of the search space by 1-3 orders of magnitude, depending on the type signature. The authors also discuss potential future work, including using additional test case features as hyper-heuristics and more sophisticated type systems. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper makes a big change in how computers learn to code new programs. Right now, it takes a long time for computers to find the right instructions to write a program because they have to look at many different possibilities. The authors of this paper came up with a way to make it faster by using special labels called type signatures that help the computer focus on the most likely solutions. This makes it possible to find the right solution much more quickly, which is important for making computers better at writing code. |
