The comment density of open source software code

2009 31st International Conference on Software Engineering - Companion Volume, ICSE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 195-198

  Arafat, Oliver ^a   Riehle, Dirk ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED SOURCE; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; HIGH QUALITY; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PROJECT SIZE; PROJECT SUCCESS; QUALITY INDICATORS; SOURCE CODES;

OPEN SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 70349667623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE-COMPANION.2009.5070980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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