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Open source software (OSS) is essential for modern society and, while substantial research has been done on individual (typically central) projects, only a limited understanding of the periphery of the entire OSS ecosystem exists. For…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-11-02 Yuxing Ma , Tapajit Dey , Chris Bogart , Sadika Amreen , Marat Valiev , Adam Tutko , David Kennard , Russell Zaretzki , Audris Mockus

Open Source Software (OSS) has changed drastically over the last decade, with OSS projects now producing a large ecosystem of popular products, involving industry participation, and providing professional career opportunities. But our…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-24 Marco Gerosa , Igor Wiese , Bianca Trinkenreich , Georg Link , Gregorio Robles , Christoph Treude , Igor Steinmacher , Anita Sarma

Open-source software (OSS) is foundational to modern digital infrastructure, yet this context for group work continues to struggle to ensure sufficient contributions in many critical cases. This literature review explores how artificial…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-10 S M Rakib UI Karim , Wenyi Lu , Sean Goggins

For future regulatory compliance, organizations must assess and report on the state of sustainability in terms of its impacts over time. Sustainability, being a multidimensional concern, is complex to quantify. This complexity further…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-01-29 Iffat Fatima , Patricia Lago , Vasilios Andrikopoulos , Bram van der Waaij

Using methods previously applied to product life cycles, this paper models developer engagement through the project life cycle for open-source projects, and detects similar dynamics in a cross section of projects. Endogenous growth theory…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Sanjiv Das , Andrii Ieroshenko , Piyush Jain , David Qiu , Michael Chin , Brian Granger

The success of open source projects crucially depends on the voluntary contributions of a sufficiently large community of users. Apart from the mere size of the community, interesting questions arise when looking at the evolution of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2013-03-05 Marcelo Serrano Zanetti , Emre Sarigol , Ingo Scholtes , Claudio Juan Tessone , Frank Schweitzer

Open source development contains contributions from both hired and volunteer software developers. Identification of this status is important when we consider the transferability of research results to the closed source software industry, as…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-10-04 Maëlick Claes , Mika Mäntylä , Miikka Kuutila , Umar Farooq

While there has been substantial empirical work identifying factors that influence the contribution to, and use of open source software, we have as yet little theory that identifies the key constructs and relationships that would allow us…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-05-16 Nicolas Jullien , Klaas-Jan Stol , James Herbsleb

[Context] Open Source Software (OSS) is nowadays used and integrated in most of the commercial products. However, the selection of OSS projects for integration is not a simple process, mainly due to a of lack of clear selection models and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-02-07 Xiaozhou Li , Sergio Moreschini , Zheying Zhang , Davide Taibi

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

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

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

Easy and mostly free access to the internet has resulted in the growing use of open source software (OSS). However, it is a common perception that closed proprietary software is still superior in areas such as software maintenance and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-12-01 Arif Raza , Luiz Fernando Capretz , Faheem Ahmed

The success of an open source software (OSS) project requires effective communication among its members. Given that OSS projects often have established social status systems, much communication may happen between individuals of different…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Yisi Han , Zhendong Wang , Yang Feng , Zhihong Zhao , Yi Wang

A novel modeling framework is proposed for dynamic scheduling of projects and workforce assignment in open source software development (OSSD). The goal is to help project managers in OSSD distribute workforce to multiple projects to achieve…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Hui Xi , Dong Xu , Young-Jun Son

Open source software ecosystems consist of thousands of interdependent libraries, which users can combine to great effect. Recent work has pointed out two kinds of risks in these systems: that technical problems like bugs and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-05-11 William Schueller , Johannes Wachs

In the early 1980s, Open Source Software emerged as a revolutionary concept amidst the dominance of proprietary software. What began as a revolutionary idea has now become the cornerstone of computer science. Amidst OSS projects, AI is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Matteo Esposito , Andrea Janes , Valentina Lenarduzzi , Davide Taibi

Scalability of evolutionary algorithms refers to assessing how their performance changes as problem size increases. In the area of multi-objective optimisation, research on the scalability of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs)…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Menghao Tang , Zimin Liang , Miqing Li

Mentorship in open source software (OSS) is a vital, multifaceted process that includes onboarding newcomers, fostering skill development, and enhancing community building. This study examines task-focused mentoring strategies that help…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Zixuan Feng , Igor Steinmacher , Marco Gerosa , Tyler Menezes , Alexander Serebrenik , Reed Milewicz , Anita Sarma

Participation of women in Open Source Software (OSS) is very unbalanced, despite various efforts to improve diversity. This is concerning not only because women do not get the chance of career and skill developments afforded by OSS, but…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-24 Bianca Trinkenreich , Igor Wiese , Anita Sarma , Marco Gerosa , Igor Steinmacher