Revisão sistemática de engenharia de software experimental in vitro: uma análise preliminar

Abstract

The Empirical Software Engineering consists in the observation of some aspects of software development focusing on the experiment. This observation may be performed by applying methods or techniques, either new or existing. The Experimental Software Engineering allows a better understanding of how things work and whether what is believed to be true really is. There are several application contexts of experiments in Empirical Software Engineering as in vitro, in vivo, in silico and in virtuo. In this work is presented a systematic review of the Empirical Software Engineering applied to the in vitro context. The realization of an in vitro experiment, under controlled conditions, before conducting an in vivo experiment, in real environment, is very important mainly for power to reduce the risks, costs, and other factors. The study allowed to list methods and techniques used today and describe them, showing the current scenario of Empirical Software Engineering applied to the in vitro context.