Evolution of open source software systems - A large-scale investigation

OSS 2005 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Open Source Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 148-153

  Koch, Stefan ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CENTER; COMMERCIAL PROJECTS; COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; DATA COLLECTION; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; QUADRATIC MODELS; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE PROCESS; SOFTWARE REPOSITORIES; SOURCE CODES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547344133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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