Ground-Truth Deficiencies in Software Engineering: When Codifying the Past Can Be Counterproductive 2022 (English)In: IEEE Software, ISSN 0740-7459, E-ISSN 1937-4194, Vol. 39, no 3, p. 85-95Article in journal (Refereed) Published

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In software engineering, the objective function of human decision makers might be influenced by many factors. Relying on historical data as the ground truth may give rise to systems that automate software engineering decisions by mimicking past suboptimal behavior. We describe the problem and offer some strategies. ©IEEE.

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IEEE Computer Society , 2022. Vol. 39, no 3, p. 85-95

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Decision making, Cognitive bias, Engineering decisions, Historical data, Human decisions, Mitigation strategy, Objective functions, Process decisions, Software engineering tools, Software engineering

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Business Administration Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

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URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-22971DOI: 10.1109/MS.2021.3098670ISI: 000811542700012Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85111024778OAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-22971DiVA, id: diva2:1660268

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