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Experiment reproducibility is a milestone of the scientific method. Reproducibility of experiments in computer science would bring several advantages such as code re-usability and technology transfer. The reproducibility problem in computer science has been solved partially, addressing particular class of applications or single machine setups. In this paper we present our approach oriented to setup complex environments for experimentation, environments that require a lot of configuration and the installation of several software packages. The main objective of our approach is to enable the exact and independent reconstruction of a given software environment and the reuse of code. We present a simple and small software appliance generator that helps an experimenter to construct a specific software stack that can be deployed on different available testbeds.
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Ruiz, C., Richard, O., Emeras, J. (2014). Reproducible Software Appliances for Experimentation. In: Leung, V., Chen, M., Wan, J., Zhang, Y. (eds) Testbeds and Research Infrastructure: Development of Networks and Communities. TridentCom 2014. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 137. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13326-3_4
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