From Neylon, Cameron, et al. "Changing computational research. The challenges ahead." Source code for biology and medicine 7.1 (2012): 1-2.
It is possible to provide data and code in the form of a functional virtual machine image along with automated tests to ensure everything is working as expected
From Neylon, Cameron, et al. "Changing computational research. The challenges ahead." Source code for biology and medicine 7.1 (2012): 1-2.