Empiricism in Computer Science Eike Send

Abstract

As the name computer science already implies, the study of computers is a field of science. Computer Science (CS) as it exists today lacks to a certain extent, what other sciences rely most on: An empirical body of knowledge. This paper looks at several meta studies which have analyzed the presence of empirical data on CS subjects. It also provides an overview of empiricism in general, some empirical concepts and where computer science and empiricis