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The role of simulation in software engineering experimentation

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Experimental Software Engineering Issues: Critical Assessment and Future Directions

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 706))

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Software engineering experimentation should develop beyond statistical analysis of data and analytic models. We must become more active in developing a viable discipline of simulation to aid experimental software engineering. This will require developing standard modeling components, connections, tools, and a body of knowledge to interpret modeled phenomena.

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  1. Computer Science Department, Colorado State University, 80523, Fort Collins, CO

    A. von Mayrhauser

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H. Dieter Rombach Victor R. Basili Richard W. Selby

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von Mayrhauser, A. (1993). The role of simulation in software engineering experimentation. In: Rombach, H.D., Basili, V.R., Selby, R.W. (eds) Experimental Software Engineering Issues: Critical Assessment and Future Directions. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 706. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57092-6_121

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