International Business Machines Corporation

Tomasz L Prudzic

Michal S Paluch

Piotr Kania

Patryk M Walawender

Pawel Slowikowski

Marcin D Gierlak

Slawomir T Mezyk

Monika Grabska

Grzegorz Poniewozik

Krystian N Chmiel

An exclusion database is maintained for software discovery scans where directories within a file system are excluded according to discovered software artifacts, scan time parameters, and pre-defined exclusion definitions associated with software applications. A file system tree having directory-specific attributes for causing software discovery scans to limit scanning within the file system.

Software discovery using exclusion

One or more processors determine that one or more memory locations in a client computing device contain one or more software artifacts that provide a match to a first software signature. One or more processors send instructions not to scan the one or more memory locations against a second software signature.

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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Ul. Radzikowskiego, Poland

Tomasz L Prudzic