Design patterns in software maintenace: An experiment replication at UPM: Experiences with the RESER'11 joint replication project

Abstract:

Replication of software engineering experiments is crucial for dealing with validity threats to experiments in this area. Even though the empirical software engineering community is aware of the importance of replication, the replication rate is still very low. The RESER'11 Joint Replication Project aims to tackle this problem by simultaneously running a series of several replications of the same experiment. In this article, we report the results of the replication run at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Our results are inconsistent with the original experiment. However, we have identified possible causes for them. We also discuss our experiences (in terms of pros and cons) during the replication. © 2012 IEEE.

Año de publicación:

2011

Keywords:

• Replication
• empirical studies
• Experimentation

Fuente:

scopus