A methodological framework for socio-cognitive analyses of collaborative design of open source software

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 229-250

  Sack, Warren ^a   Détienne, Françoise ^b   Ducheneaut, Nicolas ^c   Burkhardt, Jean Marie ^b   Mahendran, Dilan ^d   Barcellini, Flore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Methodology; Open source; Software development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA MINING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OPEN SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; METHODOLOGY; OPEN SOURCE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (OSS);

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746622983     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-006-9020-5     Document Type: Article

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