Carol Hanna

Large language model based mutations in genetic improvement

2025 · Automated Software Engineering

Abstract Ever since the first large language models (LLMs) have become available, both academics and practitioners have used them to aid software engineering tasks. However, little research as yet has been done in combining search-based …

Enhancing Software Runtime With Reinforcement Learning-Driven Mutation Operator Selection in Genetic Improvement

2025

Genetic Improvement employs heuristic search algorithms to explore the search space of program variants by modifying code using mutation operators. This research focuses on operators that delete, insert and replace source code statements. Traditionally, in …