DocumentCode
1298305
Title
Experimentation in software engineering
Author
Basili, Victor R. ; Selby, Richard W. ; Hutchens, David H.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Issue
7
fYear
1986
fDate
7/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
733
Lastpage
743
Abstract
A framework is presented for analyzing most of the experimental work performed in software engineering over the past several years. The framework of experimentation consists of four categories corresponding to phases of the experimentation process: definition, planning, operation, and interpretation. A variety of experiments are described within the framework and their contribution to the software engineering discipline is discussed. Some recommendations for the application of the experimental process in software engineering are included.
Keywords
software engineering; experimental process; software engineering; Debugging; Educational institutions; Measurement; Programming; Software; Software engineering; Testing; Controlled experiment; data collection and analysis; empirical study; experimental design; software metrics; software technology measurement and evaluation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-5589
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TSE.1986.6312975
Filename
6312975
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