Analysis of virtual communities supporting OSS projects using social network analysis

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-303

  Toral, S L ^a   Martinez Torres M R ^a   Barrero, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Knowledge brokers; Open Source Software; Social network analysis; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

FINAL OBJECTIVE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; SHARING KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; OPEN SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 75449095434     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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