Experiments in Computing: A Survey
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Experiments play a central role in science.
The role of experimentsin computing is, however, unclear.
Questions about the relevance of experiments in computing attracted little attention until the 1980s.
As thediscipline then saw a push towards experimental computer science, a variety of technically, theoretically, and empirically oriented views on experiments emerged.
As a consequence of those debates, today's computingfields use experiments and experiment terminology in a variety of ways.
This paper analyzes experimentation debates in computing.
It presentsfive ways in which debaters have conceptualized experiments in computing: feasibility experiment, trial experiment, field experiment, comparisonexperiment, and controlled experiment.
This paper has three aims: toclarify experiment terminology in computing; to contribute to disciplinaryself-understanding of computing; and, due to computing’s centrality inother fields, to promote understanding of experiments in modern sciencein general.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tedre, Matti& Moisseinen, Nella. 2014. Experiments in Computing: A Survey. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050090
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tedre, Matti& Moisseinen, Nella. Experiments in Computing: A Survey. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050090
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tedre, Matti& Moisseinen, Nella. Experiments in Computing: A Survey. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050090
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1050090