Analyzing measurements of the R statistical open source software

Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 35th Software Engineering Workshop, SEW 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Voulgaropoulou, Sophia ^a   Spanos, Georgios ^a   Angelis, Lefteris ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complexity analysis; Open source software measurement; R project; Software metrics

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; R PROJECT; SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE METRICS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; MEASUREMENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 84876146089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SEW.2012.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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