Practical Aspects in Analyzing and Sharing the Results of Experimental Evaluation

Dependability evaluation techniques such as the ones based on testing, or on the analysis of field data on computer faults, are a fundamental process in assessing complex and critical systems. Recently a new approach has been proposed consisting in collecting the row data produced in the experimental evaluation and store it in a multidimensional data structure. This paper reports the work in progress activities of the entire process of collecting, storing and analyzing the experimental data in order to perform a sound experimental evaluation. This is done through describing the various steps on a running example.