Sustainability in Software Engineering

Wolfram, Nina; Lago, Patricia and Osborne, Francesco (2018). Sustainability in Software Engineering. In: 2017 Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability (SustainIT).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23919/SustainIT.2017.8379798

Abstract

The intersection between software engineering re- search and the problems related to sustainability and green IT has been the subject of increasing attention. In spite of that, we observe that sustainability is still not clearly defined, or understood, in the field of software engineering. This lack of clarity leads to confusion about e.g. what is relevant to measure or the research implications over time or space.
This paper provides an overview of how the research so far has defined sustainability, and how this definition has been used to guide which research areas. To this end, we carried out a systematic mapping study for selecting, classifying and analyzing relevant publications. In this study, we investigate which knowledge areas and which time scope of sustainability effects are mostly targeted in scientific research. Our analysis shows research trends and discusses gaps to be filled.

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