Name
Title | ||
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Innovation diffusion in open source software: preliminary analysis of dependency changes in the gentoo portage package database |
Abstract | ||
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In this paper we make the case that software dependencies are a form of innovation adoption. We then test this on the time-evolution of the Gentoo package dependency graph. We find that the Bass model of innovation diffusion fits the growth of the number of packages depending on a given library. Interestingly, we also find that low-level packages have a primarily imitation driven adoption and multimedia libraries have primarily innovation driven growth. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2014 | 10.1145/2597073.2597079 | MSR |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
measurement,innovation,management,graph,dependencies,gentoo | Graph,Computer science,Software,Imitation,Open source software,Dependency graph,Database | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.35 | 4 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remco Bloemen | 1 | 10 | 0.90 |
| chintan amrit | 2 | 160 | 19.11 |
| Stefan Kuhlmann | 3 | 10 | 0.90 |
| Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros | 4 | 10 | 1.24 |