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cs.SE2026
The Replication Assessment Problem in Software Engineering
Giuseppe Destefanis, Martin Shepperd, Leila Yousefi
The paper reviews recent software engineering replication studies to show how their outcomes are assessed inconsistently, and proposes a principled framework for evaluating replica…
cs.SE2026
An Audit of Machine Learning Experiments on Software Defect Prediction
Giuseppe Destefanis, Leila Yousefi, Martin Shepperd +4
Background: Machine learning algorithms are widely used to predict defect prone software components. In this literature, computational experiments are the main means of evaluation,…
cs.SE2025
"Estimating software project effort using analogies": Reflections after 28 years
Martin Shepperd
Background: This invited paper is the result of an invitation to write a retrospective article on a "TSE most influential paper" as part of the journal's 50th anniversary. Objectiv…