Empirical Software Engineering Infrastructure
Project Description
The goal of this project is to better understand how to conduct various types of empirical studies within the software engineering domain. The work has focused on evaluating different methods of data collection and study design.Research Findings
Publications
(Note: Blue = Journal; Red = Refereed Conference; Green = Workshop/Tech Report)- Shull, F., Carver, J., Vegas, S., and Juristo, N. "The Role of
Replications in Empirical Software Engineering."Empirical Software
Engineering: An International Journal 13(2): 211-218. April 2008.
- Mendonça, M., Maldonado, J., Oliveira, M., Carver, J.,
Fabbri, S., Shull, F., Travassos, G., Hohn, E., and Basili, V. "A Framework for Software Engineering Experimental Replications."
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Engineering Complex
Computer Systems (ICECCS 2008). March 31 - April 4, 2008. Belfast,
Northern Ireland. p. 203-212.
- Carver, J., Van Voorhis, J., and Basili, V. "Understanding the Impact of Assumptions on Experimental Validity."
Proceedings of the 2004 ACM-IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE 2004).
August, 2004. p. 251-160.
- Shull, F., Mendonça, M., Basili, V., Carver, J., Maldonado,
J., Fabbri, S., Travassos, G., and Ferreira, M. "Knowledge-Sharing Issues in Experimental Software Engineering."
Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal. 9(1): 111-137, March 2004.
- Carver, J., Shull, F., and Basili, V. "Observational Studies to Accelerate Process Experience in Classroom
Studies: An Evaluation." Proceedings of 2003 ACM-IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software
Engineering (ISESE 2003). September, 2003. p.72-79.
- Shull, F., Basili, V., Carver, J., Maldonado, J.C., Travassos, G.H., Mendonça, M., and Fabbri, S.
"Replicating Software Engineering Experiments: Addressing the Tacit Knowledge Problem." In Proceedings
of the 2002 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, p. 7-16. Nara, Japan, October 3-4 2002.
(Awarded Best Paper of the Symposium)
Collaborators
- Dr. Forrest Shull, Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering, Maryland
- Dr. Sira Vegas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- Dr. Natalia Juristo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Funding
This work is currently unfunded.Projects Frontpage |
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Last Updated on January 28, 2009 by Jeffrey Carver