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February 21, 2019IEEE SoftwareOpen Access

Computational Reproducibility: The Elephant in the Room

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LHLes HattonKingston UniversityMGMichiel van GenuchtenTIAS School for Business and Society

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Implication

Review reports operational vulnerabilities across scientific software workflows, suggesting standardized maintenance procedures are essential for computational reproducibility.

Key Points

  • To examine the principles of computational reproducibility and address operational challenges in scientific software programming, system updates, and code maintenance.
  • Reviewed contemporary practices in computer programming and software development within computational science.
  • Evaluated systemic management challenges associated with software reliability, code updates, and ongoing maintenance procedures.
  • Identified unmanaged software updates and fragile programming maintenance as major vulnerabilities threatening computational reproducibility.
  • Demonstrated that establishing standardized, dependable maintenance and updating procedures is necessary to prevent software decay and preserve analytical integrity.

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Hatton et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a088700df3db87398109db2https://doi.org/10.1109/ms.2018.2883805
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