Rethinking Experiments in a Socio-Technical Perspective: The Case of Software Engineering

Philosophies

Schiaffonati, Viola¹ 

关键词: experiments;    empirical software engineering;    socio-technical systems;   

DOI  :  10.3390/philosophies1010087

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Experiments in computing share many characteristics with the traditional experimental method, but also present significant differences from a practical perspective, due to their aim at producing software artifacts and the central role played by human actors and organizations (e.g., programmers, project teams, software houses) involved in the software development process. By analyzing some of the most significant experiments in the subfield of software engineering, we aim at showing how the conceptual framework that supports experimental methodology in this context needs an extension in a socio-technical perspective.

【 授权许可】

CC BY