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HOTGP- Higher-Order Typed Genetic Programming

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Author(s):
Fernandes, Matheus Campos ; de Franca, Fabricio Olivetti ; Francesquini, Emilio ; Paquete, L
Total Authors: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE, GECCO 2023; v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2023-01-01.
Abstract

Program synthesis is the process of generating a computer program following a set of specifications, which can be a high-level description of the problem and/or a set of input-output examples. The synthesis can be modeled as a search problem in which the search space is the set of all the programs valid under a grammar. As the search space is vast, brute force is usually not viable and search heuristics, such as genetic programming, also have difficulty navigating it without any guidance. In this paper we present HOTGP, a new genetic programming algorithm that synthesizes pure, typed, and functional programs. HOTGP leverages the knowledge provided by the rich data-types associated with the specification and the built-in grammar to constrain the search space and improve the performance of the synthesis. The grammar is based on Haskell's standard base library (the synthesized code can be directly compiled using any standard Haskell compiler) and includes support for higher-order functions,..-functions, and parametric polymorphism. Experimental results show that, when compared to 6 stateof-the-art algorithms using a standard set of benchmarks, HOTGP is competitive and capable of synthesizing the correct programs more frequently than any other of the evaluated algorithms. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/26702-8 - Trends on high performance computing, from resource management to new computer architectures
Grantee:Alfredo Goldman vel Lejbman
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 21/06867-2 - Applications of scheduling theory to optimize green energy usage in cloud computing platforms
Grantee:Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 21/12706-1 - Shape-constrained symbolic regression
Grantee:Fabricio Olivetti de França
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research