Search-Based Software Engineering [electronic resource] : 13th International Symposium, SSBSE 2021, Bari, Italy, October 11–12, 2021, Proceedings /

Keynote -- On the Effectiveness of SBSE Techniques: Through Instance Space Analysis -- Research Papers -- Generating Failing Test Suites for Quantum Programs with Search -- Preliminary Evaluation of SWAY in Permutation Decision Space via a Novel Euclidean Embedding -- Search-Based Selection and Prioritization of Test Scenarios for Autonomous Driving Systems -- Search-based Automated Play Testing of Computer Games: a model-based approach -- Hybrid Multi-level Crossover for Unit Test Case Generation -- Multi-objective Test Case Selection Through Linkage Learning-driven Crossover -- Enhancing Resource-based Test Case Generation For RESTful APIs with SQL Handling -- New Ideas and Emerging Results -- Empirical Study of Effectiveness of EvoSuite on SBST 2020 Tool Competition Benchmark -- Improving Android App Responsiveness through Search-Based Frame Rate Reduction -- Challenge Solutions -- Searching for Multi-Fault Programs in Defects4J -- Refining FitnessFunctions for Search-Based Automated Program Repair: A Case Study with ARJA and ARJA-e.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering, SSBSE 2021, which was held in Bari, Italy, during October 11-12, 2021. The 9 full and 2 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. The papers deal with novel ideas and applications of search-based software engineering, focusing on engineering challenges and the application of automated approaches and optimization techniques from AI and machine learning research. .