Replication's role in software engineering

Guide to Advanced Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 365-379

  Brooks, A ^a   Roper, M ^b   Wood, M ^b   Daly, J ^b   Miller, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-044-5_14     Document Type: Chapter

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