Applying Social Network Analysis Techniques to Community-Driven Libre Software Projects

doi:10.4018/jitwe.2006070103

Reference Hub

This research has been cited in:

Article
Evolving software forges: An experience report from Apache AlluraJournal of Software: Evolution and Process10.1002/smr.2397
Article
Real-space visualization of quantum phase transitions by network topologyPhysical Review E10.1103/PhysRevE.100.012304
Article
Measuring and Modeling Group Dynamics in Open-Source Software Development: A Tensor Decomposition ApproachACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology10.1145/3473139
Article
Exploring the Impact of Soclo-Technlcal Core-Periphery Structures in Open Source Software DevelopmentJournal of Information Technology10.1057/jit.2010.7
Article
Evolutionary trends of developer coordination: a network approachEmpirical Software Engineering10.1007/s10664-016-9478-9
Article
Automatic Core-Developer Identification on GitHub: A Validation StudyACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology10.1145/3593803
Conference
Meta-analysis of the TAEE project applying social network analysisIEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5493061
Conference
On the Analysis of Contributions from Privileged Users in Virtual Open Communities2009 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences10.1109/HICSS.2009.328
Chapter
Open Source SoftwareEncyclopedia of Software Engineering10.1081/E-ESE-120044168
Article
Measuring and analyzing code authorship in 1 + 118 open source projectsScience of Computer Programming10.1016/j.scico.2019.03.001
Chapter
The Meso-level Structure of F/OSS Collaboration Network: Local Communities and Their InnovativenessOpen Source Software: New Horizons10.1007/978-3-642-13244-5_4
Conference
From Developer Networks to Verified Communities: A Fine-Grained Approach2015 IEEE/ACM 37th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering10.1109/ICSE.2015.73
Conference
Telling stories about GNOME with Complicity2011 6th International Workshop on Visualizing Software for Understanding and Analysis (VISSOFT)10.1109/VISSOF.2011.6069459
Conference
A Tool for the Analysis of Social Networks in Collaborative Software Development2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences10.1109/HICSS.2010.40
Conference
Functional dependence in the human brain: A graph theoretical analysis2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610158
Chapter
Assessing Code Authorship: The Case of the Linux KernelOpen Source Systems: Towards Robust Practices10.1007/978-3-319-57735-7_15
Article
Sustainability of Open Source software communities beyond a fork: How and why has the LibreOffice project evolved?Journal of Systems and Software10.1016/j.jss.2013.11.1077
Chapter
Open Source Software for Model Driven Development: A Case StudyOpen Source Systems: Grounding Research10.1007/978-3-642-24418-6_30
Chapter
Collaboration Practices and Affordances in Free/Open Source Software DevelopmentCollaborative Software Engineering10.1007/978-3-642-10294-3_15
Conference
The onion has cancerProceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Free/Libre/Open Source Software Research and Development10.1145/1833272.1833274
Chapter
The Nagios Community: An Extended Quantitative AnalysisOpen Source Software: New Horizons10.1007/978-3-642-13244-5_7
Conference
Free/open source software developmentProceedings of the the 6th joint meeting of the European software engineering conference and the ACM SIGSOFT symposium on The foundations of software engineering10.1145/1287624.1287689
Conference
A historical dataset for the Gnome ecosystem2013 10th Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR)10.1109/MSR.2013.6624032
Article
Evolution of an Open Source Community Network – An Exploratory StudySSRN Electronic Journal10.2139/ssrn.2005302
Chapter
Long-Term Sustainability of Open Source Software Communities beyond a Fork: A Case Study of LibreOfficeOpen Source Systems: Long-Term Sustainability10.1007/978-3-642-33442-9_3
Conference
Free/open source software developmentThe 6th Joint Meeting on European software engineering conference and the ACM SIGSOFT symposium on the foundations of software engineering: companion papers10.1145/1295014.1295019
Article
On the variation and specialisation of workload—A case study of the Gnome ecosystem communityEmpirical Software Engineering10.1007/s10664-013-9244-1
Chapter
Free/Open Source Software Development: Recent Research Results and MethodsArchitectural Issues10.1016/S0065-2458(06)69005-0
Article
Emerging topics in mining software repositoriesProgress in Artificial Intelligence10.1007/s13748-018-0147-7
Article
The role of centrality in ambulance dispatchingDecision Support Systems10.1016/j.dss.2012.05.036
Conference
SVNNAT: Measuring Collaboration in Software Development Networks2008 10th IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology and the Fifth IEEE Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services10.1109/CECandEEE.2008.100
Conference
Knowledge Sharing Interactions in Collaborative Software Maintenance Environment2009 International Conference on Computer Technology and Development10.1109/ICCTD.2009.66
Conference
Supporting Situation Awareness in FLOSS Projects by Semantical Aggregation of Tools Feeds2009 Fifth International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems10.1109/SITIS.2009.72
Conference
Network analysis of software change history for understanding software evolution17th IEEE International Multi Topic Conference 201410.1109/INMIC.2014.7097342
Article
The Small Project Observatory: Visualizing software ecosystemsScience of Computer Programming10.1016/j.scico.2009.09.004
Conference
Network Analysis of a Large Scale Open Source Project2014 40th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications10.1109/SEAA.2014.50
Article
Flat for the Few, Steep for the ManyInternational Journal of Open Source Software and Processes10.4018/jossp.2010040102

Applying Social Network Analysis Techniques to Community-Driven Libre Software Projects

Luis López-Fernández, Gregorio Robles, Jesus M.. Gonzalez-Barahona, Israel Herraiz

Source Title: International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE)1(3)

Cite Article Cite Article

MLA

López-Fernández, Luis, et al. "Applying Social Network Analysis Techniques to Community-Driven Libre Software Projects." IJITWE vol.1, no.3 2006: pp.27-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitwe.2006070103

APA

López-Fernández, L., Robles, G., Gonzalez-Barahona, J. M., & Herraiz, I. (2006). Applying Social Network Analysis Techniques to Community-Driven Libre Software Projects. International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE), 1(3), 27-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitwe.2006070103

Chicago

López-Fernández, Luis, et al. "Applying Social Network Analysis Techniques to Community-Driven Libre Software Projects," International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE) 1, no.3: 27-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitwe.2006070103

Export Reference

Favorite Full-Issue Download

View Full Text PDF

Abstract

Source code management repositories of large, long-lived libre (free, open source) software projects can be a source of valuable data about the organizational structure, evolution, and knowledge exchange in the corresponding development communities. Unfortunately, the sheer volume of the available information renders it almost unusable without applying methodologies which highlight the relevant information for a given aspect of the project. Such methodology is proposed in this article, based on well known concepts from the social networks analysis field, which can be used to study the relationships among developers and how they collaborate in different parts of a project. It is also applied to data mined from some well known projects (Apache, GNOME, and KDE), focusing on the characterization of their collaboration network architecture. These cases help to understand the potentials of the methodology and how it is applied, but also shows some relevant results which open new paths in the understanding of the informal organization of libre software development communities.

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.

Username or email: *

Password: *

Forgot individual login password?

Create individual account

Applying Social Network Analysis Techniques to Community-Driven Libre Software Projects

MLA

APA

Chicago

Export Reference

Abstract

Request Access