Author: Derek Jones

A month or so ago, I found a graph showing a percentage of PCs having a given range of memory installed, between March 2000 and April 2020, on a TechTalk...continue reading.

Work items in a formal development process progress through a series of stages, e.g., starting at Open, perhaps moving to Withdrawn or Merged with another item, eventually reaching Development, and...continue reading.

Circular statistics deals with analysis of measurements made using a circular scale, e.g., minutes past the hour, days of the week. Wikipedia uses the term directional statistics, the traditional use...continue reading.

Circular statistics deals with analysis of measurements made using a circular scale, e.g., minutes past the hour, days of the week. Wikipedia uses the term directional statistics, the traditional use...continue reading.

Why don’t compiler projects for the R language make it into production use? The few that have been written have remained individual experimental products, e.g., RLLVMCompile. Most popular languages attract...continue reading.

Why don’t compiler projects for the R language make it into production use? The few that have been written have remained individual experimental products, e.g., RLLVMCompile. Most popular languages attract...continue reading.

My book, Evidence-based software engineering, is now available; the pdf can be downloaded here, here and here, plus all the code+data. Report any issues here. I’m investigating the possibility of...continue reading.

My book, Evidence-based software engineering, is now available; the pdf can be downloaded here, here and here, plus all the code+data. Report any issues here. I’m investigating the possibility of...continue reading.

My book, Evidence-based software engineering: based on the publicly available data is now out on beta release (pdf, and code+data). The plan is for a three-month review, with the final...continue reading.

My book, Evidence-based software engineering: based on the publicly available data is now out on beta release (pdf, and code+data). The plan is for a three-month review, with the final...continue reading.

When I started my evidence-based software engineering book, nobody had written a data analysis book for software developers, so I had to write one (in fact, a book on this...continue reading.

When I started my evidence-based software engineering book, nobody had written a data analysis book for software developers, so I had to write one (in fact, a book on this...continue reading.

At the end of March a paper modelling the impact of various scenarios on the spread of COVID-19 infections, by the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial...continue reading.

At the end of March a paper modelling the impact of various scenarios on the spread of COVID-19 infections, by the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial...continue reading.

The Source code chapter of my evidence-based software engineering book has been reworked (draft pdf). When writing the first version of this chapter, I was not certain whether source code...continue reading.

The Source code chapter of my evidence-based software engineering book has been reworked (draft pdf). When writing the first version of this chapter, I was not certain whether source code...continue reading.

The Reliability chapter of my evidence-based software engineering book has been updated (draft pdf). Unlike the earlier chapters, there were no major changes to the initial version from over 18-months...continue reading.

The Reliability chapter of my evidence-based software engineering book has been updated (draft pdf). Unlike the earlier chapters, there were no major changes to the initial version from over 18-months...continue reading.

Estimating how long it will take to complete a task is hard work, and the most common motivation for this work comes from external factors, e.g., the boss, or a...continue reading.

Estimating how long it will take to complete a task is hard work, and the most common motivation for this work comes from external factors, e.g., the boss, or a...continue reading.