Performance regression testing initiatives: A systematic mapping - Replication Package

This repository contains the supporting material for the manuscript titled "Performance regression testing initiatives: A systematic mapping", currently under revision to the Journal of Information and Software Technology. 

Repository Content:

Protocol Performance Regression Testing.xlsx: it includes the *protocol* specification, i.e., the data extraction process used for the selection of the studies and gathering all relevant information. The outcome of the systematic mapping consists of 68 *selected studies* and information supporting the answers to four research questions: *RQ1*, *RQ2*, *RQ3*, and *RQ4*;

scripts.zip: it includes all the scripts used in the forward snowballing. Two additional files support the replication of the scripts: (1) README.md explains how to run the scripts; (2) requirements.txt file reports the installation prerequisites and their dependencies;

SM-PRT-overview.xlsx: this spreadsheet reports the information about tools and replication packages, benchmark suites and subject systems adopted per study;

README-SM-PRT-overview.md.docx: this file describes the columns of the spreadsheet above to facilitate the usage of the collected information.