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. 2011 Dec 2;334(6060):1226-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.1213847.

Reproducible research in computational science

Roger D Peng  1
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Reproducible research in computational science

Roger D Peng. Science. .

Abstract

Computational science has led to exciting new developments, but the nature of the work has exposed limitations in our ability to evaluate published findings. Reproducibility has the potential to serve as a minimum standard for judging scientific claims when full independent replication of a study is not possible.

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