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Facilitating Controlled Tests of Website Design Changes Using Aspect-Oriented Software Development and Software Product Lines

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Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems I

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Controlled online experiments in which envisaged changes to a website are first tested live with a small subset of site visitors have proven to predict the effects of these changes quite accurately. However, these experiments often require expensive infrastructure and are costly in terms of development effort. This paper advocates a systematic approach to the design and implementation of such experiments in order to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks by making use of Aspect-Oriented Software Development and Software Product Lines.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071, Málaga, Spain

    Javier Cámara

  2. Dept. of Informatics, University of California, Irvine

    Alfred Kobsa

  3. Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA

    Alfred Kobsa

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Cámara, J., Kobsa, A. (2009). Facilitating Controlled Tests of Website Design Changes Using Aspect-Oriented Software Development and Software Product Lines. In: Hameurlain, A., Küng, J., Wagner, R. (eds) Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems I. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5740. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03722-1_5

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