Software collaboration networks

Christopher Zachor, Mehmet Hadi Gunes

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    Abstract

    The need to work together with others on large projects has been emphasized with industrialization. As the software industry grew, it should be no surprise that communities to serve this purpose appeared. With the creation of websites such as Sourceforge.net, Github.com, and Freshmeat.net developers from around the world are able to collaborate on open source projects. This paper will attempt to extend previous studies of software collaboration networks through the use of network analysis. Examining Sourceforge.net, we analyze this community of developers who have contributed greatly to open source software despite not being paid to do so.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationComplex Networks
    Pages257-264
    Number of pages8
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2013

    Publication series

    NameStudies in Computational Intelligence
    Volume424
    ISSN (Print)1860-949X

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