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Context: Interest in diversity in software development has significantly increased in recent years. Reporting on diversity in software projects can enhance user trust and assist regulators in evaluating adoption. Recent AI directives…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Joan Giner-Miguelez , Sergio Morales , Sergio Cobos , Javier Luis Canovas Izquierdo , Robert Clariso , Jordi Cabot

While open-source software has enabled significant levels of reuse to speed up software development, it has also given rise to the dreadful dependency hell that all software practitioners face on a regular basis. This article provides a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-21 Tom Mens , Alexandre Decan

This article focuses on the application of model development and opening the source code available and implemented by the Free Software and Open Source FLOSS to the instructional and teaching has both mathematics and computer by the…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2014-01-07 K. I. A. Derouiche

Governments are increasingly employing funding for open source software (OSS) development as a policy lever to support the security of software supply chains, digital sovereignty, economic growth, and national competitiveness in science and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Cailean Osborne , Paul Sharratt , Dawn Foster , Mirko Boehm

Being able to access software in daily life is vital for everyone, and thus accessibility is a fundamental challenge for software development. However, given the number of accessibility issues reported by many users, e.g., in app reviews,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-03-17 Tingting Bi , Xin Xia , David Lo , John Grundy , Thomas Zimmermann , Denae Ford

This paper explores the application of functional data analysis (FDA) as a means to study the dynamics of software evolution in the open source context. Several challenges in analyzing the data from software projects are discussed, an…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2007-06-13 Katherine J. Stewart , David P. Darcy , Sherae L. Daniel

One of the goals of software design is to model a system in such a way that it is easily understandable. Nowadays the tendency for software development is changing from manual coding to automatic code generation; it is becoming model-based.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-03-13 N Md Jubair basha , Salman Abdul Moiz , Mohammed Rizwanullah

Context/Background: process and practice adoption is a key element in modern software process improvement initiatives, and many of them fail. Goal: this paper presents a preliminary version of a usability model for software development…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-10-31 Diego Fontdevila , Marcela Genero , Alejandro Oliveros

Open source software is a rapidly evolving center for distributed work, and understanding the characteristics of this work across its different contexts is vital for informing policy, economics, and the design of enabling software. The…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Wenyi Lu , Enock Kasaadah , S M Rakib Ul Karim , Matt Germonprez , Sean Goggins

User satisfaction has always been important in the success of software, regardless of whether it is closed and proprietary or open source software (OSS). OSS users are geographically distributed and include technical as well as novice…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-07-29 Arif Raza , Luiz Fernando Capretz

Product innovation assessment in software sector is a timely topic. Nevertheless, research on that subject is particularly scant. As a result, there is a lack of criteria to measure software innovativeness. In a context of theoretical and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-08 Nordine Benkeltoum

Open Source Software (OSS) Foundations and projects are investing in creating Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) initiatives. However, little is known about contributors' perceptions about the usefulness and success of such initiatives. We aim…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-24 Mariam Guizani , Bianca Trinkenreich , Aileen Abril Castro-Guzman , Igor Steinmacher , Marco Gerosa , Anita Sarma

Open Science aims to foster openness and collaboration in research, leading to more significant scientific and social impact. However, practicing Open Science comes with several challenges and is currently not properly rewarded. In this…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-05-21 Edson OliveiraJr , Fernanda Madeiral , Alcemir Rodrigues Santos , Christina von Flach , Sergio Soares

Agile software development methods (ASD) and open source software development methods (OSSD) are two different approaches which were introduced in last decade and both of them have their fanatical advocators. Yet, it seems that relation and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2013-02-13 Taghi Javdani Gandomani , Hazura Zulzalil , Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani , Abu Bakar Md Sultan

Many software developers rely on open source software for developing their applications and writing their source codes. Measuring an independent project's overall productivity is still an open problem for many technology companies. In this…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-03-30 Sairamvinay Vijayaraghavan , Jinxiao Song , Terry Guan , Seongwoo Choi , Sutej Kulkarni

There is growing acknowledgement within the software engineering community that a theory of software development is needed to integrate the myriad methodologies that are currently popular, some of which are based on opposing perspectives.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-03-08 Diana Kirk , Stephen G. MacDonell

Requirements Engineering has recently been greatly influenced by the way how firms use Open Source Software (OSS) and Software Ecosystems (SECOs) as a part of their product development and business models. This is further emphasized by the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-08-05 Johan Linåker , Krzysztof Wnuk

Free and open source software is widely used in the creation of software systems, whereas many organisations choose to provide their systems as open source. Open source software carries licenses that determine the conditions under which the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-10-04 Maria Papoutsoglou , Georgia M. Kapitsaki , Daniel German , Lefteris Angelis

The upgrade problems faced by Free and Open Source Software distributions have characteristics not easily found elsewhere. We describe the structure of packages and their role in the upgrade process. We show that state of the art package…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2009-02-11 Roberto Di Cosmo , Stefano Zacchiroli , Paulo Trezentos

Context: Diversity can impact team communication, productivity, cohesiveness, and creativity. Analyzing the existing knowledge about diversity in open source software (OSS) projects can provide directions for future research and raise…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Reydne Santos , Rafa Prado , Ana Paula de Holanda Silva , Kiev Gama , Fernando Castor , Ronnie de Souza Santos