Ten Simple Rules for Reproducible Computational Research¶
Sandve, G. K., Nekrutenko, A., Taylor, J., & Hovig, E. (2013). Ten Simple Rules for Reproducible Computational Research. PLOS Computational Biology, 9(10).
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Mechanisms¶
- Portable Research Environment
- The discipline that guards against this is to validate by re-execution on a clean, network-isolated host and to pin the sources of randomness — the point is the independent re-run, not the badge.
This sourceRecommends recording random seeds to support reproducible reruns of analyses involving randomness.
- The discipline that guards against this is to validate by re-execution on a clean, network-isolated host and to pin the sources of randomness — the point is the independent re-run, not the badge.
- Versioned Configuration Snapshot
- The signature failure is false determinism: the snapshot pins config, but the job still reads the wall clock, a live database, or an unpinned dependency, so the rerun diverges and the reproducibility is an illusion.
This sourceExplains that reproducibility requires recording exact software versions, parameters, inputs, and every workflow detail that can influence execution.
- The signature failure is false determinism: the snapshot pins config, but the job still reads the wall clock, a live database, or an unpinned dependency, so the rerun diverges and the reproducibility is an illusion.
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