Title
Open Source Communities as Social Networks: An Analysis of Some Peculiar Characteristics
Abstract
In this research, we focus the attention on some of the most successful Open Source (OS) projects. We are interested in studying the characteristics of the social networks comprising these popular and mature OS developer communities. By examining developers Mailing Lists (MLs), we adopt some Social Network Analysis (SNA) measures to evaluate interactions among community members. A knowledge of these relationships is useful for a better understanding of communication flows among team members and whether there is someone coordinating, controlling and facilitating the information process.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1109/ASWEC.2008.10
Australian Software Engineering Conference
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
public domain software,social sciences computing,information process,mailing lists,open source communities,social network analysis,Open Source communities,Social Network Analysis,communication
Conference
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.49
2
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Giulio Concas142444.83
Manuela Lisci260.98
Sandro Pinna321816.51
Guido Porruvecchio481.21
Selene Uras5245.01