International Business Machines Corporation

Marcin D Gierlak

Michal S Paluch

Piotr Kania

Tomasz L Prudzic

Patryk M Walawender

Krystian N Chmiel

Bartlomiej Tomasz Malecki

Slawomir T Mezyk

A mechanism is provided for software discovery in an environment with heterogeneous machine groups may be provided. A group comprising computing systems that have similar software program installations is defined. A first scan procedure is performed by scanning each computing system of the group using a first software signature catalogue to identify installed programs. Software signatures of identified installed programs are added to a base installation software catalogue. A second scan procedure is performed by scanning the group of computing systems using the base installation software catalogue to identify installed software programs.

Software discovery in an environment with heterogeneous machine groups

A computer system for automatically creating a software catalog content that includes a plurality of software components associated with a computing system is provided. The computer system may include creating a population comprising a plurality of potential software signatures associated with the plurality of software components. The computer system may include ranking the population based on a highest ratio value. The computer system may include selecting a set of parent software signatures based on the ranking. The computer system may include creating a new population of potential software signatures based on the selected set of parent software signatures. The computer system may include performing recombination on the new population of potential software signatures. The computer system may include predicting at least one potential software signature from the new population of potential software signatures based on a comparison between the performed recombination and the created new population of potential software signatures.

Automatic software catalog content creation based on bio-inspired computing prediction

A method for automatically creating a software catalog content that includes a plurality of software components associated with a computing system is provided. The method may include creating a population comprising a plurality of potential software signatures associated with the plurality of software components. The method may include ranking the population comprising the potential software signatures based on a highest ratio value. The method may include selecting a set of parent software signatures based on the ranking. Additionally, the method may include creating a new population of potential software signatures based on the selected set of parent software signatures. The method may include performing recombination on the new population of potential software signatures. Furthermore, the method may include predicting at least one potential software signature from the new population of potential software signatures based on a comparison between the performed recombination and the created new population of potential software signatures.

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Marcin D Gierlak