Developer heterogeneity and formation of communication networks in open source software projects

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-210

  Singh, Param ^a   Tan, Yong ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

analytical modeling; economics of IS; network formation; software development

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELING; COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION PATTERN; ECONOMICS OF IS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; LATENT CLASS MODEL; NETWORK FORMATION; NONCOOPERATIVE GAME; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; REAL-WORLD; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOURCEFORGE; STABLE NETWORK; STABLE STRUCTURES;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GAME THEORY; OPEN SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79951935642     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222270307     Document Type: Article

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