'Computing' requirements in open source software projects

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013): Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-17

  Xiao, Xuan ^a   Lindberg, Aron ^b   Hansen, Sean ^c   Lyytinen, Kalle ^b   Wang, Tienan ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed cognition; Open source software; Requirements computation; Requirements engineering

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ACTIVITIES; COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURE; DISTRIBUTED COGNITION; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; RUNTIME ENVIRONMENTS; TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84897691197     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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