Citing SIR
To properly cite the Software Infrastructure Repository (SIR) you should use the following document in your citations or references page:
Supporting Controlled Experimentation with Testing Techniques: An Infrastructure and its Potential Impact. Hyunsook Do, Sebastian Elbaum, and Gregg Rothermel, Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal, Volume 10, No. 4, pages 405-435, 2005 (pdf).
@article{doESE05,
author = {Hyunsook Do and
Sebastian G. Elbaum and
Gregg Rothermel},
title = {Supporting Controlled Experimentation with Testing Techniques:
An Infrastructure and its Potential Impact.},
journal = {Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal},
volume = {10},
number = {4},
pages = {405--435},
year = {2005},
}
We also recommend that you cite the original authors (if known) of the test subject you are using for your experiments. See the description notes of the object and the acknowledgements section on the download objects page for guidance on the original authorship, where it is available.