%0 Generic %A Petke, J %C New York, NY, USA %D 2017 %F discovery:10026642 %I ACM %P 1541-1542 %T New operators for non-functional genetic improvement %U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10026642/ %V 2017 %X Genetic improvement uses automated search to find improved versions of existing software. Typically software is modified using either delete, copy or replace operations at the level of source code, its abstract syntax tree, binary or assembly representaion. Impressive improvements have been achieved through this approach, yet research in the use of other search operators is largely unexplored. We propose several ways for devising new search operators for improvement of non-functional properties using a genetic improvement apporach. %Z This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.