Empirical software engineering has produced a steady stream of evidence-based results
concerning the factors that affect important outcomes such as cost, quality, and interval …

Context: Recent papers have proposed the use of grey literature (GL) and multivocal
reviews. These papers have raised issues about the practices used for systematic reviews …

Multi-Agent Systems became a powerful solution to model and solve problems in complex
and dynamic environments. While research in this area grew exponentially before 2009 …

Background. There are some publications in software engineering research that aim at
guiding researchers in assessing validity threats to their studies. Still, many researchers fail …

Cognitive biases appear during code review. They significantly impact the creation of
feedback and how it is interpreted by developers. These biases can lead to illogical …

Human cognitive limitations affect strategic decision-making. One of such effects is
emergence of cognitive biases, deviations from rationality in judgment. These biases can …

Background: With the agile approach to managing software development projects, comes an
increased dependability on well functioning teams. Agile teams are profoundly influenced by …

Context Using student subjects in empirical studies has been discussed extensively from a
methodological perspective in Software Engineering (SE), but there is a lack of similar …

Cognitive bias is a systematic error that introduces drifts and distortions in the human
judgment in terms of visual decomposition in the direction of the dominant instance. It has a …

This paper aims to explore the relationship between computer science and bias, analysing
case studies and discussing the social implications of ways that software can both combat …