The use of empirical methods in open source software research: Facts, trends and future directions

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2019-05-18
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Stol, Klaas-Jan
Babar, Muhammad Ali
Russo, Barbara
Fitzgerald, Brian
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10.1109/FLOSS.2009.5071355
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Open Source Software (OSS) is a field of study with increasing interest of researchers. By its nature, OSS is especially suitable for empirical research. A great number of OSS related empirical studies have been conducted, but no effort has been made to systematically review the published evidence. This paper presents the results of a systematic review to investigate research topics and used methods in OSS related research. We present our results as facts and trends in this field and provide directions for future research.
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Open source software , Strontium , Protocols , Software engineering , Data mining , Guidelines , Conferences , Inspection , Software libraries , Public domain software , Software engineering , Empirical methods , Open source software research , OSS related research
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Stol, K. -J., Babar, M. A., Russo, B. and Fitzgerald, B. (2009) 'The use of empirical methods in Open Source Software research: Facts, trends and future directions', 2009 ICSE Workshop on Emerging Trends in Free/Libre/Open Source Software Research and Development, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 18 May, pp. 19-24. doi: 10.1109/FLOSS.2009.5071355
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