Ground-Truth Deficiencies in Software Engineering: When Codifying the Past Can Be Counterproductive
Eray Tüzün, Hakan Erdogmus, María Teresa Baldassarre, Michael Felderer, ROBERT H. FELDT, Burak Turhan · IEEE Software · 2021
In software engineering, the objective function of human decision makers might be influenced by many factors. Relying on historical data as the ground truth may give rise to systems that automate software engineering decisions by mimicking past suboptimal behavior. We describe the problem and offer some strategies.