Dealing with Risk in Scientific Software Development. Sanders, R. & Kelly, D. Software, IEEE, 25(4):21–28, July, 2008.
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The development of scientific software involves risk in the underlying theory, its implementation, and its use. Through a series of interviews, the authors explored how research scientists at two Canadian universities developed their software. These interviews indicated that the scientists used a set of strategies to address risk. They also suggested where the software engineering community could perform research focused on specific problems faced by scientific software developers.
@article{sandersDealingRiskScientific2008,
  title = {Dealing with {{Risk}} in {{Scientific Software Development}}},
  author = {Sanders, R. and Kelly, D.},
  year = {2008},
  month = jul,
  volume = {25},
  pages = {21--28},
  issn = {0740-7459},
  doi = {10.1109/ms.2008.84},
  abstract = {The development of scientific software involves risk in the underlying theory, its implementation, and its use. Through a series of interviews, the authors explored how research scientists at two Canadian universities developed their software. These interviews indicated that the scientists used a set of strategies to address risk. They also suggested where the software engineering community could perform research focused on specific problems faced by scientific software developers.},
  journal = {Software, IEEE},
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  lccn = {INRMM-MiD:c-4414532},
  number = {4}
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