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MSR
2010
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Validity of network analyses in Open Source Projects
—Social network methods are frequently used to analyze networks derived from Open Source Project communication and collaboration data. Such studies typically discover patterns in...
Roozbeh Nia, Christian Bird, Premkumar T. Devanbu,...
AINA
2009
IEEE
13 years 12 months ago
Quantitative Evaluation of Software Quality Metrics in Open-Source Projects
The validation of software quality metrics lacks statistical significance. One reason for this is that the data collection requires quite some effort. To help solve this problem,...
Henrike Barkmann, Rüdiger Lincke, Welf Lö...
SIGSOFT
2008
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Latent social structure in open source projects
Commercial software project managers design project organizational structure carefully, mindful of available skills, division of labour, geographical boundaries, etc. These organi...
Christian Bird, David S. Pattison, Raissa M. D'Sou...
HICSS
2006
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
Core and Periphery in Free/Libre and Open Source Software Team Communications
The concept of the core group of developers is important and often discussed in empirical studies of FLOSS projects. This paper examines the question, “how does one empirically ...
Kevin Crowston, Kangning Wei, Qing Li, James Howis...
PDC
2004
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
The promise and perils of a participatory approach to developing an open source community learning network
This paper describes and analyses the early developmental stages of a community learning network based in an urban community and social service agency. With government funding, th...
Robert Luke, Andrew Clement, Randall Terada, Domin...