—To survive and succeed, software projects need to attract and retain contributors. We model the individual’s chances to become a valuable contributor through her capacity, wil...
Abstract. Modern software engineering attacks its complexity problems by applying well-understood development principles. In particular, the systematic adoption of design patterns ...
Hans-Werner Sehring, Sebastian Bossung, Patrick Hu...
Background: The number of reported empirical studies of Open Source Software (OSS) has continuously been increasing. However, there has been no effort to systematically review the ...
Software has jumped "out of the box" ? it controls critical systems, pervades business and commerce, and infuses entertainment, communication, and other everyday activiti...
It is well known that software evolution is an inescapable activity in the software lifecycle. In order to prevent the negative effects of this activity (decreased quality, increa...
Chouki Tibermacine, Soraya Sakhraoui, Vincent Le G...