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'''Automatic bug fixing''' uses [[Machine intelligence]]

#REDIRECT [[Genetic improvement]]

techniques,

such as [[Genetic Programming]]

to automate the process of

[[Patch (computing)|fixing]] or repairing

[[Software bug|computer bugs]].

It is an important application of [[Genetic improvement|Genetic Improvement]].

While still controversial, automatic bug fixing has been demonstrated on real bugs

in real computer programs. It may not be able to satisfactorily repair all software bugs but

Weimer ''et al.'' have shown genetic programming is able to repair a large

fraction of real bugs in C and C++.

==References==

Automatic Software Repair: a Bibliography

http://www.monperrus.net/martin/survey-automatic-repair.pdf

Automatic program repair with evolutionary computation

http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1145/1735223.1735249

[[Category:Debugging]]

[[Category:Software development]]