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ICSE
2008
IEEE-ACM
14 years 10 months ago
On the difficulty of replicating human subjects studies in software engineering
Replications play an important role in verifying empirical results. In this paper, we discuss our experiences performing a literal replication of a human subjects experiment that ...
Jonathan Lung, Jorge Aranda, Steve M. Easterbrook,...
IFIP
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
A Case Study on the Impact of Refactoring on Quality and Productivity in an Agile Team
Refactoring is a hot and controversial issue. Supporters claim that it helps increasing the quality of the code, making it easier to understand, modify and maintain. Moreover, the...
Raimund Moser, Pekka Abrahamsson, Witold Pedrycz, ...
AAAI
2004
13 years 11 months ago
Exploring More Realistic Evaluation Measures for Collaborative Filtering
Collaborative filtering is a popular technique for recommending items to people. Several methods for collaborative filtering have been proposed in the literature and the quality o...
Giuseppe Carenini, Rita Sharma
GECCO
2010
Springer
196views Optimization» more  GECCO 2010»
14 years 2 months ago
Using synthetic test suites to empirically compare search-based and greedy prioritizers
The increase in the complexity of modern software has led to the commensurate growth in the size and execution time of the test suites for these programs. In order to address this...
Zachary D. Williams, Gregory M. Kapfhammer
ISESE
2006
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
An empirical evaluation of a testing and debugging methodology for Excel
Spreadsheets are one of the most commonly used types of programs in the world, and it is important that they be sufficiently dependable. To help end users who create spreadsheets ...
Jeffrey Carver, Marc Fisher II, Gregg Rothermel