2008-10-08

Experimental Models for Validating Technology

Marvin Zelkowitz and Dolores Wallace, in IEEE Computer, May 1998
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=00675630
(requires IEEE library access)

A very important and timely account of the need for proper experiments in software engineering.

The authors present various data collection methods grouped into three broad categories:
• observational,
• historical, and
• controlled.



Definitely worth a read, particularly for all Computer Science MSc and PhD students.

P.S. - Credit to my colleague Bruno Martins, for referring this article to me.

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