The Effect of Omitted-Variable Bias on the Evaluation of Compiler Optimizations

The Effect of Omitted-Variable Bias on the Evaluation of Compiler Optimizations
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Journal Paper: IEEE Computer, September, 2010

Experiments that do not account for all relevant variables can produce misleading results. The authors identify two variables that compiler optimization evaluations often omit, resulting in significant omitted-variable bias, and discuss how to identify new OVB sources and incorporate them in an experimental design.

@article{Mytkowicz10, author = {Todd Mytkowicz and Amer Diwan and Matthias Hauswirth and Peter Sweeney}, title = {The Effect of Omitted-Variable Bias on the Evaluation of Compiler Optimizations}, journal ={Computer}, volume = {43}, issn = {0018-9162}, year = {2010}, pages = {62-67}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2010.214}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }