Understanding open source software through software archaeology: The case of nethack

Proceedings of the 30th Annual IEEE/NASA Software Engineering Workshop, SEW-30

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 47-55

  Simmons, Melissa M ^a   Vercellone Smith, Pam ^a   Laplante, Phillip A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(ALGORITHMIC) COMPLEXITY; CASE STUDIES; CYCLOMATIC COMPLEXITY; EVOLUTION (CO); GOAL QUESTION METRIC APPROACH; INCREMENTAL GROWTH; LINES OF CODE (LOC); OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCES; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE (OSS); SOFTWARE ARCHAEOLOGY; STRUCTURE COMPLEXITY;

CODES (STANDARDS); CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 46449126306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SEW.2006.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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