A comparison framework for Open Source Software evaluation methods

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 319 AICT, Issue , 2010, Pages 389-394

  Stol, Klaas Jan ^a   Ali Babar, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comparison framework; Evaluation method; Open Source Software

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; COMPARISON FRAMEWORK; EVALUATION METHOD; EVALUATION METHODS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SYSTEMATIC IDENTIFICATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 84872016128     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13244-5_36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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