Reporting empirical research in open source software: The state of practice

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 299, Issue , 2009, Pages 156-169

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Open source; Reporting guidelines

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OPEN SYSTEMS;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; OPEN SOURCE SYSTEM; OPEN SOURCES; REPORTING GUIDELINES; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; STATE OF PRACTICE; STATE OF THE PRACTICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 84944251760     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: 1868422X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02032-2_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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