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Sourceforge Community - Complex Networks - Lecture Slides, Slides of Data Communication Systems and Computer Networks
During the course of the Complex Networks, we study the different concept regarding the complex computer networking. The main points upon which in these lecture slides focused are:Sourceforge Community, Network Analysis, Background, Open Source Software, Previous Work, Related Work, Conclusion, Developers, Create Popular, Open Source Software
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Network analysis of the
sourceforge community
Overview
- Introduction
- Background
- Open Source Software
- The SourceForge community and network
- Previous Work
- What can be done different?
- Related Work
- Conclusion
- Questions
Open Source Software
- Open Source (OS) Software continues to be a popular alternative to standard commercial software
- Many OS alternatives to traditional closed source projects exist
- osalt.com provides a convenient database for this
The SourceForge Community
- A website to help promote collaboration between developers of OS projects
- A repository for OS projects
- Developers: revision control, bug tracking, donation system, etc.
- Users: bug reporting, recommendations, commenting, etc.
Project-Developer Network
- A bipartite graph with two groups of vertices: projects and developers
- An edge indicates the developer works on that project
Developer Network
- A collaboration network
- Edges are formed where one developer 1 has worked with developer 2
Previous Work on SourceForge
- The open source group at Notre Dame
- Used network analysis as a tool to understand the Open Source Software phenomenon and predict growth over time
- Monthly data dumps directly from SourceForge.net
What Can Be Done Different?
- The latest paper produced concerning network analysis was in 2007
- The project count has more than doubled in size to ~250,000 projects (from ~90,000 in 2007).
Related Work
- M. E. J. Newman
- Scientific Collaboration Networks
- 4 Major Databases spanning 5 years
- Collaboration network using authors who have worked together on a single paper
- Explored what fields were producing more papers, what fields collaborated more, etc.
Related Work
- Obermeier et al.
- University College Dublin
- Co-authorship between departments at UCD
- They wanted to understand the interdisciplinary publication culture within the University
- Looked at brokerage individuals and how they play a part in their own departments
- Found these brokerage individuals to be most central within their own departments
Related Work
- Xu, Christley, and Mady
- Network analysis of the SourceForge community
- Attempt to explain the success and efficiency of OS development practices
- Noted that the SourceForge Network is a scale free network
- Also noted the presence of the small world phenomenon within the community
Related Work
- Xu, Christy, and Madey continued
- Observed that co-developers and active users were a major factor in large scale projects
- Meanwhile, project leads and core developers were largely involved in small projects