Scientific Software Development Is Not an Oxymoron

Susan M Baxter; Steven W Day; Jacquelyn S Fetrow; Stephanie J Reisinger

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020087

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Scientific Software Development Is Not an Oxymoron

Susan M Baxter ,

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Steven W Day,
Jacquelyn S Fetrow,
Stephanie J Reisinger

Scientific Software Development Is Not an Oxymoron

Susan M Baxter,
Steven W Day,
Jacquelyn S Fetrow,
Stephanie J Reisinger

Published: September 8, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020087

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lack of testing

Posted by GiovanniMDallOlio on 25 Nov 2008 at 22:39 GMT

Nice article.
Sometimes I wonder whether the whole bioinformatics field will someday implode on itself, because of the lack of testing and controls :-/

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