Threats to Instrument Validity Within "in Silico" Research: Software Engineering to the Rescue

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Serge Demeyer, Coen De Roover, Mutlu Beyazit, Johannes Härtel

Published: 01 Jan 2024, Last Modified: 13 May 2025ISoLA (4) 2024EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: In Silico” research drives the world around us, as illustrated by the way our society handles climate change, controls the COVID-19 pandemic and governs economic growth. Unfortunately, the code embedded in the underlying data processing is mostly written by scientists lacking formal training in software engineering. The resulting code is vulnerable, suffering from what is known as threats to instrument validity.