Evolving Software Applications Using Genetic Programming Pushcalc: The Evolved Calculator

This paper describes PushCalc, a system that evolves a Calculator, a complete software application. PushCalc is a modified version of Clojush, the clojure implementation of the PushGP genetic programming system. PushCalc supports the definition and storage of names and functions via its naming mechanism, tags. The goal of this system is to utilise this ability to evolve an individual that can create the modular parts of the calculator and also know when and in what situations to use which modular functions and perform the correct operations depending on the input given to the system.