Applying Social Network Analysis Techniques to Community-Driven Libre Software Projects

International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE)

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 27-48

  López Fernández, Luis ^a   Robles, Gregorio ^a   Gonzalez Barahona, Jesus M ^a   Herraiz, Israel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

community driven development; mining software repositories; social networks analysis; software understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001861205     PISSN: 15541045     EISSN: 15541053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jitwe.2006070103     Document Type: Article

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