Ten simple rules for making research software more robust.
editorial · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 28407023.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005412 and PMC identifier 5390961.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Software produced for research, published and otherwise, suffers from a number of common problems that make it difficult or impossible to run outside the original institution or even off the primary developer's computer. We present ten simple rules to make such software robust enough to be run by anyone, anywhere, and thereby delight your users and collaborators.
Medical subject headings
- Software