Participative software systems are a new class of software systems whose development does not end at the deployment but requires continued user participation and contribution. They...
In many libre (free, open source) software projects, most of the development is performed by a relatively small number of persons, the “core team”. The stability and permanenc...
Social applications on the web let users track and follow the activities of a large number of others regardless of location or affiliation. There is a potential for this transpare...
Laura A. Dabbish, H. Colleen Stuart, Jason Tsay, J...
Due to their characteristics and claimed advantages, several researchers have been investigating free and open-source projects. Different aspects are being studied: for instance, ...
Samuel Felix de Sousa Jr., Marco Antonio Balieiro,...
Software repositories are rich sources of information about the software development process. Mining the information stored in them has been shown to provide interesting insights ...