Achieving quality in open-source software

IEEE Software

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-64

  Aberdour, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Open source; Quality; Testing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SOFTWARE TESTING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33846917203     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2007.2     Document Type: Review

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