Viewpoint The Importance of Reviewing the Code.
The article presents a discussion of the use of software in scientific research, arguing that software code used in such research should be specified and reviewed when results are published. This is said to be especially relevant in fields which rely heavily on statistical analysis and data mining....
| Publicado en: | Communications of the ACM Vol. 54; no. 5; pp. 40 - 42 |
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| Formato: | Opinion |
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Association for Computing Machinery
May2011
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| Sumario: | The article presents a discussion of the use of software in scientific research, arguing that software code used in such research should be specified and reviewed when results are published. This is said to be especially relevant in fields which rely heavily on statistical analysis and data mining. An argument is presented that publishing software specifications should be a requirement for peer-reviewed journals. |
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