README.md

Replication package for the paper:

Best performance and reliability for your time: budget-aware search-based optimization of software model refactoring
by J. Andres Diaz-Pace, Daniele Di Pompeo, and Michele Tucci

How to generate the tables and figures in the paper

Initialize the python execution environment:

git clone https://github.com/SEALABQualityGroup/replication-package_2023_search_budgets
cd replication-package_2023_search_budgets
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Generate tables and figures:

python HV_table_and_timeline.py
python time_and_algo_comparison.py
python superpareto_scatter.py

Experiments

The experiments in the paper were performed using EASIER, which is available in a different repository:

https://github.com/SEALABQualityGroup/EASIER

The data gathered during such experiments is provided here, in the data folder.