Exploring complexity in open source software: Evolutionary patterns, antecedents, and outcomes

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Darcy, David P ^a   Daniel, Sherae L ^b   Stewart, Katherine J ^c  

^a Irish Management Institute   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL DATA ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL DATA; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; RELEASE HISTORY; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

OPEN SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77951764192     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2010.198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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