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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

Despite the widespread adoption of open source software (OSS), its sustainability remains a critical concern, particularly in light of security vulnerabilities and the often inadequate end-of-service (EoS) processes for OSS projects as they…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Tapajit Dey , Brian Fitzgerald , Sherae Daniel

In application software, the satisfaction of target users makes the software more acceptable. Open Source Software (OSS) systems have neither the physical nor the commercial boundaries of proprietary software, thus users from all over the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-07-27 Arif Raza , Luiz Fernando Capretz

Context: Software-intensive organizations' rationale for sharing Open Source Software (OSS) may be driven by both idealistic, strategic and commercial objectives, and include both monetary as well as non-monetary benefits. To gain the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Johan Linåker , Björn Regnell

Self-adaptive software can assess and modify its behavior when the assessment indicates that the program is not performing as intended or when improved functionality or performance is available. Since the mid-1960s, the subject of system…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-02-14 Tarik A. Rashid , Bryar A. Hassan , Abeer Alsadoon , Shko Qader , S. Vimal , Amit Chhabra , Zaher Mundher Yaseen

Context: Open Source Software (OSS) is a crucial component of over 90\% of digital infrastructure underpinning industry and public digital services, facilitating collaborative software development and dissemination. Its significance in the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Johan Linåker , Astor Nummelin Carlberg , Ciaran O'Riordan

The use of open-source software (OSS) is ever-increasing, and so is the number of open-source vulnerabilities being discovered and publicly disclosed. The gains obtained from the reuse of community-developed libraries may be offset by the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Serena E. Ponta , Henrik Plate , Antonino Sabetta

Effort estimation models are a fundamental tool in software management, and used as a forecast for resources, constraints and costs associated to software development. For Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) projects, effort estimation is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-03-21 Gregorio Robles , Andrea Capiluppi , Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona , Bjorn Lundell , Jonas Gamalielsson

Software vulnerabilities remain a significant risk factor in achieving security objectives within software development organizations. This is especially true where either proprietary or open-source software (OSS) is included in the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-23 James J. Cusick

Quality of Service (QoS) has gained more importance with the increase in usage and adoption of web services. In recent years, various tools and techniques developed for measurement and evaluation of QoS of web services. There are commercial…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2013-06-19 Shariq Hussain , Zhaoshun Wang , Ibrahima Kalil Toure , Abdoulaye Diop

Throughout the history of software, evolution has occurred in cycles of rise and fall driven by competition, and open-source software (OSS) is no exception. This cycle is accelerating, particularly in rapidly evolving domains such as web…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Yuki Takei , Toshiaki Aoki , Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul

Scientific open-source software (Sci-OSS) projects are critical for advancing research, yet sustaining these projects long-term remains a major challenge. This paper explores the sustainability of Sci-OSS hosted on GitHub, focusing on two…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Sharif Ahmed , Addi Malviya Thakur , Gregory R. Watson , Nasir U. Eisty

Open source software (OSS) forms the backbone of industrial data workflows and enterprise systems. However, many OSS projects face operational risks due to informal or centralized governance. This paper presents a practical case study of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Pedro Oliveira , Doris Amoakohene , Toby Hocking , Marco Gerosa , Igor Steinmacher

Software engineering and information systems practices seek ultimately to create the flawless product. One of the tools used to improve the quality of software development is the use of metrics. In this paper, metrics retrieved from open…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-11-11 Mamdouh Alenezi , Ibrahim Abunadi

Modifications to open-source software (OSS) are often provided in the form of "patch stacks" - sets of changes (patches) that modify a given body of source code. Maintaining patch stacks over extended periods of time is problematic when the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-09-03 Ralf Ramsauer , Daniel Lohmann , Wolfgang Mauerer

The widespread adoption of cloud computing has resulted in the proliferation of open source cloud computing frameworks that give more control to enterprises over their data and networks. Though the benefits of open source software are…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-05-16 Irum Rauf , Elena Troubitsyna

Contributors to open source software (OSS) communities assume diverse roles to take different responsibilities. One major limitation of the current OSS tools and platforms is that they provide a uniform user interface regardless of the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-03-14 Jinghui Cheng , Jin L. C. Guo

Assessing processes is one of the best ways for an organization to start a software process improvement program. An alternative for organizations seeking for lighter assessments methods is to perform self-assessments, which can be carried…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-12-24 Thaísa C. Lacerda , Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim , Jean C. R. Hauck

This paper is an introductory discussion on the cause of open source software vulnerabilities, their importance in the cybersecurity ecosystem, and a selection of detection methods. A recent application security report showed 44% of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-03-31 Stuart Millar

The software industry has seen an increasing interest in test automation. In this paper, we present a test automation maturity survey serving as a self-assessment for practitioners. Based on responses of 151 practitioners coming from above…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-09-18 Yuqing Wang , Mika V. Mäntylä , Serge Demeyer , Kristian Wiklund , Sigrid Eldh , Tatu Kairi