An approach for improving the social aspects of the software development process by using a game theoretic perspective: Towards a theory of social productivity of software development teams

ICSOFT 2011 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Software and Database Technologies

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 35-40

  Yilmaz, Murat ^a   O'Connor, Rory V ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Game theory; Mechanism design; Productivity; Research framework; Social aspects of development; Software engineering economics; Software process improvement; Team dynamics

Indexed keywords

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY; GAME-THEORETIC PERSPECTIVES; INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS; MECHANISM DESIGN; MEDIUM SIZE; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; ROAD-MAPS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL ISSUES; SOCIAL LOAFING; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ECONOMICS; SOFTWARE ORGANIZATION; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; TEAM DYNAMICS; TEAM FORMATION; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAME THEORY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; SURVEYS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 80052603014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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