Reproducibility by other means: Transparent research objects

Timothy McPhillips, Craig Willis, Michael R. Gryk, Santiago Nunez-Corrales, Bertram Ludascher

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Abstract

Research Objects have the potential to significantly enhance the reproducibility of scientific research. One important way Research Objects can do this is by encapsulating the means for re-executing the computational components of studies, thus supporting the new form of reproducibility enabled by digital computing-exact repeatability. However, Research Objects also can make scientific research more reproducible by supporting transparency, a component of reproducibility orthogonal to re-executability. We describe here our vision for making Research Objects more transparent by providing means for disambiguating claims about reproducibility generally, and computational repeatability specifically. We show how support for science-oriented queries can enable researchers to assess the reproducibility of Research Objects and the individual methods and results they encapsulate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on eScience, eScience 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages502-509
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781728124513
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2019
Event15th IEEE International Conference on eScience, eScience 2019 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Sep 24 2019Sep 27 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on eScience, eScience 2019

Conference

Conference15th IEEE International Conference on eScience, eScience 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period9/24/199/27/19

Keywords

  • Provenance
  • Queries
  • Reproducibility
  • Transparency

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Modeling and Simulation

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