Can student-written software help sustain humanitarian FOSS?

Intelligent Human Computer Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2007 Academic Proceedings Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 41-44

  Morelli, Ralph ^a   Ellis, Heidi ^a   De Lanerolle, Trishan ^a   Damon, Jonathan ^a   Walti, Christopher ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ACCENTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster relief; FOSS; Free open source software; Humanitarian software; Volunteer management

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TEACHING;

DEVELOPMENT MODEL; DISASTER RECOVERY; DISASTER RELIEF; FOSS; FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; HUMANITARIAN SOFTWARES; PROJECT OUTCOMES; TRINITY COLLEGE;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84905662138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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