Software ecosystems vs. natural ecosystems: Learning from the ingenious mind of nature

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 96-102

  Dhungana, Deepak ^a   Groher, Iris ^b   Schludermann, Elisabeth ^c   Biffl, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

ecosystem; nature; software

Indexed keywords

KEY CHARACTERISTICS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NATURE; REGULATORY FACTORS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE ECOSYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PLATFORMS; USER COMMUNITIES;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 78149367520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1842752.1842777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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