Empirical Formal Methods: Guidelines for Performing Empirical Studies on Formal Methods

Author:

ter Beek Maurice H.ORCID,Ferrari AlessioORCID

Abstract

Empirical studies on formal methods and tools are rare. In this paper, we provide guidelines for such studies. We mention their main ingredients and then define nine different study strategies (usability testing, laboratory experiments with software and human subjects, case studies, qualitative studies, surveys, judgement studies, systematic literature reviews, and systematic mapping studies) and discuss for each of them their crucial characteristics, the difficulties of applying them to formal methods and tools, typical threats to validity, their maturity in formal methods, pointers to external guidelines, and pointers to studies in other fields. We conclude with a number of challenges for empirical formal methods.

Funder

Ministry of Education, Universities and Research

Publisher

MDPI AG

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