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ICSM
2007
IEEE
14 years 2 days ago
On the prediction of the evolution of libre software projects
Libre (free / open source) software development is a complex phenomenon. Many actors (core developers, casual contributors, bug reporters, patch submitters, users, etc.), in many ...
Israel Herraiz, Jesús M. González-Ba...
ISSRE
2010
IEEE
13 years 4 months ago
Characterizing Failures in Mobile OSes: A Case Study with Android and Symbian
Abstract—As smart phones grow in popularity, manufacturers are in a race to pack an increasingly rich set of features into these tiny devices. This brings additional complexity i...
Amiya Kumar Maji, Kangli Hao, Salmin Sultana, Saur...
JSS
2006
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13 years 5 months ago
Beyond source code: The importance of other artifacts in software development (a case study)
Current software systems contain increasingly more elements that have not usually been considered in software engineering research and studies. Source artifacts, understood as the...
Gregorio Robles, Jesús M. González-B...
ICSM
2009
IEEE
14 years 12 days ago
Studying the use of developer IRC meetings in open source projects
Open source developers communicate with each other via various online outlets. Thus far, mailing lists have been the main coordination mechanism. However, our previous study shows...
Emad Shihab, Zhen Ming Jiang, Ahmed E. Hassan
JSS
2010
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13 years 4 months ago
The Linux kernel as a case study in software evolution
We use 810 versions of the Linux kernel, released over a period of 14 years, to characterize the system’s evolution, using Lehman’s laws of software evolution as a basis. We i...
Ayelet Israeli, Dror G. Feitelson