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Profile of an artifact assessment capability

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Experimental Software Engineering Issues: Critical Assessment and Future Directions

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The features of an emerging artifact assessment capability are outlined. Experience developing this capability has led to speculation about the role and practice of experimental software engineering. The objectives of identifying leading indicators and enabling us to “speak with data” are discussed. Viewing our industrial software projects as naturally occurring experiments (and possibly using them in a large, simple trials study) is suggested.

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    William W. Agresti

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

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Agresti, W.W. (1993). Profile of an artifact assessment capability. 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_92

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