Title :
The role of experimentation in software engineering: past, current, and future
Author :
Basili, Victor R.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Adv. Comput. Studies, Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Software engineering needs to follow the model of other physical sciences and develop an experimental paradigm for the field. This paper proposes the approach towards developing an experimental component of such a paradigm. The approach is based upon a quality improvement paradigm that addresses the role of experimentation and process improvement in the content of industrial development. The paper outlines a classification scheme for characterizing such experiments
Keywords :
software engineering; classification scheme; experimental paradigm; experimentation; process improvement; quality improvement; software engineering; Computer science; Costs; Curing; Encapsulation; Feedback; Humans; Physics computing; Predictive models; Problem-solving; Software engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, 1996., Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7247-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSE.1996.493439
