Quality of open source software: The qualipso trustworthiness model

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 299, Issue , 2009, Pages 199-212

  del Bianco, Vieri ^a   Lavazza, Luigi ^a   Morasca, Sandro ^a   Taibi, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPEN SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; NUMBER OF FACTORS; OPERATIONAL LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 84865095109     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: 1868422X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02032-2_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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