Overview
It is my belief that software engineers not only need to know software engineering methods and processes, but that they also should know how to assess them. Conse quently, I have taught principles of experimentation and empirical studies as part of the software engineering curriculum. Until now, this meant selecting a text from another discipline, usually psychology, and augmenting it with journal or confer ence papers that provide students with software engineering examples of experi ments and empirical studies. This book fills an important gap in the software engineering literature: it pro vides a concise, comprehensive look at an important aspect of software engineer ing: experimental analysis of how well software engineering methods, methodologies, and processes work. Since all of these change so rapidly in our field, it is important to know how to evaluate new ones. This book teaches how to go about doing this and thus is valuable not only for the software engineering stu dent, but also for the practicing software engineering professional who will be able to • Evaluate software engineering techniques. • Determine the value (or lack thereof) of claims made about a software engineer ing method or process in published studies. Finally, this book serves as a valuable resource for the software engineering researcher.
Full Product Details
Author: Claes Wohlin ,
Anneliese von Mayrhauser ,
Per Runeson ,
Martin Höst
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Volume: 6
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.355kg
ISBN: 9781461370918
ISBN 10: 1461370914
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 28 October 2012
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
From the reviews: The revised edition includes new chapters and examples, which further cements its place as the premier book on the topics of designing, constructing, executing, and assessing experiments in software engineering. (...) The revisions will make this book even more valuable. (...) It ought to be required reading for all PhD students; every academic s bookcase should have a copy. (Michael Oudshoorn, Computing Reviews, October, 2012) This book is a landmark in allowing us to train both the researcher and practitioner in software engineering experimentation. (Victor R. Basili, University of Maryland, MD, USA) The additions and modifications in this revised version very nicely reflect the maturation of the field of empirical software engineering. (Anneliese A. Andrews, University of Denver, CO, USA) The volume, a revised edition of a work by the same name published in 2000, presents a very useful review of methods in software engineering research. It is structured as a textbook, making it useful for an introductory graduate-level course or a fourth-year course at the undergraduate level. Practitioners and experts will also benefit from this book, as they can use it as a starting point for more in-depth approaches. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. (L. Benedicenti, Choice, Vol. 50 (9), May, 2013)
Author Information
CLAES WOHLIN is a professor of software engineering at Blekinge Institute of Technology. His research interests include empirical methods in software engineering, software processes and software quality. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and a senior member of the IEEE. PER RUNESON is a professor of software engineering at Lund University. His research interests include empirical research on software testing and quality, and methods for such research. Prior to this, he worked as a consulting expert in industry, and he is a senior member of the IEEE. MARTIN HOST is a professor of software engineering at Lund University. His research interests include software quality and software process improvement, as well as empirical research methods in software engineering. MAGNUS C. OHLSSON is a quality assurance specialist at System Verification AB in Malmo, focusing on process improvement. His primary field of interest is verification and validation, with an emphasis on achieving proper quality efficiently throughout every step of the development process. BJORN REGNELL is a professor of software engineering at Lund University. His research interests include software requirement engineering, software product management, and empirical research on software engineering. ANDERS WESSLEN is a senior system architect at ST-Ericsson in Lund. His focus is on system-wide architectures, as well as system design and requirements.
