Empirical software engineering focuses on the evaluation of software engineering technologies, such as processes and tools, by comparing related sets of data. It has contributed a valuable body of knowledge in several areas such as Software Economics and Software Quality, which in turn drove important advances in related tools and techniques. Unfortunately this is not (yet) the case for software architecture, where empirical studies are still few. Such a condition demands for further empirical research efforts on the topic of software architecture and suggests specific areas of improvement. In this paper we discuss several essential, innovative, and maybe provocative, questions such as: Why do we have so few applications of empirical software engineering on software architecture? Which are the main difficulties? What can we do? © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.

Falessi, D., Kruchten, P., Cantone, G. (2007). Issues in applying empirical software engineering to software architecture. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (pp.257-262). Springer Verlag [10.1007/978-3-540-75132-8_20].

Issues in applying empirical software engineering to software architecture

Falessi D.;Cantone G.
2007-01-01

Abstract

Empirical software engineering focuses on the evaluation of software engineering technologies, such as processes and tools, by comparing related sets of data. It has contributed a valuable body of knowledge in several areas such as Software Economics and Software Quality, which in turn drove important advances in related tools and techniques. Unfortunately this is not (yet) the case for software architecture, where empirical studies are still few. Such a condition demands for further empirical research efforts on the topic of software architecture and suggests specific areas of improvement. In this paper we discuss several essential, innovative, and maybe provocative, questions such as: Why do we have so few applications of empirical software engineering on software architecture? Which are the main difficulties? What can we do? © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.
1st European Conference on Software Architecture, ECSA 2007
Madrid, esp
2007
Rilevanza internazionale
contributo
2007
Settore ING-INF/05 - SISTEMI DI ELABORAZIONE DELLE INFORMAZIONI
English
Empirical software engineering
Software architecture
Intervento a convegno
Falessi, D., Kruchten, P., Cantone, G. (2007). Issues in applying empirical software engineering to software architecture. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (pp.257-262). Springer Verlag [10.1007/978-3-540-75132-8_20].
Falessi, D; Kruchten, P; Cantone, G
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