A genetic search of patterns of behaviour in OSS communities

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 13182-13192

  Martinez Torres M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Genetic algorithm; Open source software; Social network analysis; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

DATA VARIANCE; GENETIC SEARCH; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865220339     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.05.083     Document Type: Article

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