From tim@menzies.us Wed Sep  3 16:50:47 2008
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 22:57:38 -0400
From: Tim Menzies <tim@menzies.us>
To: Jamie Andrews <andrews@csd.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: Latest version of paper

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regarding abstract:

Randomized testing has been shown to be an effective method for testing
software units. However,
the thoroughness of randomized unit testing varies widely according to
the settings of certain parameters,
such as the relative frequencies with which methods are called. In this
paper, we describe a system which
uses a genetic algorithm to ď¬^Ánd parameters for randomized unit testing
that optimize test coverage. We
compare our coverage results to previous work, and report on case studies
and experiments on system
options. In order to optimize the system, we used data mining techniques
to analyze which genes were
the most useful. We also report on the results of this analysis and
optimization.

you never say things like "we are BETTER than other systems because.."

one thing i'd say about the FSS in the intro is 

 "Designing a GA means making decisions about what features are worthy of
modeling and mutating. For example, much of the effort on this project
was a laborious trial-and-error process of trying different chromosones.
To simplofy that process, we describe experiments here with automatic
features subset selection. First, we try a very large and elaborate set
of chromosones. Next, we filter that set using automatic feature subset
selection. The filtered set ran nealy twice as fast, with no lose of
coverage. We therefore propose that  automatic feature subset selection
should be a routine part of the design of any large GA system."

Then in contributions, add

Demonstrate the utility of augmenting GAs with automatic feature subset
selection


table, p30, needs a caption

other table, p30, needs a header line. also, i'd suggest that table is
sorted by the last column


in the conclusion add something about simplifying both the design of a GA
system while improving its runtimes using automatic feature subset
selection


i dont have much else to say on the fss section. i'd either have to write
pages and pages or leave well enough alone. and the current text is fine.

see you in italy?

t

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:35 AM, Jamie Andrews <andrews@csd.uwo.ca>
wrote:
      Hi Tim,

      Attached is the latest version.  I think I incorporated all
      of
      your suggested changes except that I haven't yet put the "why
      this is so great" stuff in the Introduction and Conclusions.
      I will do that on Tuesday.

      Could you please especially look at the new section on FSS
      and
      optimization and see if it looks OK.  I know it's still rough
      and I will have a close look at it on Tuesday too.

      cheers
      --Jamie.




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