Paper Info
Title
A Systematic Mapping Study on Software Engineering Testbeds
Abstract
Even though empirical research has grown in interest, techniques, methodologies and best practices are still in debate. In this context, test beds are effective when one needs to evaluate and compare technologies. The concept is well disseminated in other areas such as Computer Networks, but remains poorly explored in Software Engineering (SE). This paper presents a systematic mapping study on the SE test beds literature. From the initial set of 4239 studies, 13 primary studies were selected and categorized. Based on that, we found that Software Architecture is the most investigated topic, controlled experiment is the most used method to evaluate such test beds, 20 benefits of using test beds in SE have been identified and that test beds comprise very heterogeneous structural elements.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/ESEM.2011.19
ESEM
Keywords
Field
DocType
controlled experiment,computer networks,software engineering testbeds,se test beds literature,initial set,test bed,best practice,software architecture,empirical research,systematic mapping study,heterogeneous structural element,software engineering,computer network,systematics,software systems,protocols,empirical software engineering
Best practice,Systems engineering,Software engineering,Systematic mapping,Computer science,Technology transfer,Software system,Controlled experiment,Software architecture,Empirical process (process control model),Empirical research
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1938-6451
3
0.42
References 
Authors
22
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Emanoel Barreiros1303.96
Adauto Almeida2212.44
Juliana Saraiva3212.15
Sergio Soares426818.35