A review of applications of search based software engineering techniques in last decade

Optimization and testing in software engineering using traditional techniques has become a tedious task now-a-days. In order to fasten this process, search based-software engineering (SBSE) techniques are introduced to solve real world large scale problems efficiently. Also, previous researches have shown a significant contribution of SBSE techniques in the domain of software testing, reliability, cost and effort estimation. This work reviews the application of five major SBSE methods and the issues solved by different practitioners in the last decade. It also addresses the problems in the implementation of these techniques which are still open for further research.