A Software Repository and Toolset for Empirical Research
This provides a resource for researchers in empirical software engineering, though it is incremental as it builds on existing repository concepts.
The authors tackled the need for ready-to-use applications in empirical software research by proposing a software repository model with tooling, which includes open-source GUI applications and facilitates research in software visualization and testing.
This paper proposes a software repository model together with associated tooling and consists of several complex, open-source GUI driven applications ready to be used in empirical software research. We start by providing the rationale for our repository and criteria that guided us in searching for suitable applications. We detail the model of the repository together with associated artifacts and supportive tooling. We detail current applications in the repository together with ways in which it can be further extended. Finally we provide examples of how our repository facilitates research in software visualization and testing.