Modeling open source software bugs with complex networks

Cheng Nie; Daniel Zeng; Xiaolong Zheng; Fei Yue Wang; Huimin Zhao

doi:10.1109/SOLI.2010.5551550

Modeling open source software bugs with complex networks

Cheng Nie, Daniel Zeng, Xiaolong Zheng, Fei Yue Wang, Huimin Zhao

Management Information Systems

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Abstract

A major concern in open source software development is regarding bugs emerging during the life circle of a software project. Understanding the topological characteristics of interrelated bugs can provide useful insights into software project management and potentially facilitate the development of new complex network models. In this paper, we analyze the bug network in Gentoo Linux, one of the most popular Linux distributions. We model software bugs as nodes and the blocking relationships among them as edges. As the resulting Gentoo bug network cannot be adequately explained by some commonly-used complex network models, we propose a new model, which can better explain this network.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010
Pages	375-379
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2010.5551550
State	Published - 2010
Event	2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010 - QingDao, China Duration: Jul 15 2010 → Jul 17 2010

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Name	Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010

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Other	2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010
Country/Territory	China
City	QingDao
Period	7/15/10 → 7/17/10

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Information Systems and Management
Management Science and Operations Research

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Nie, C., Zeng, D., Zheng, X., Wang, F. Y., & Zhao, H. (2010). Modeling open source software bugs with complex networks. In Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010 (pp. 375-379). [5551550] (Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010). https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2010.5551550

Modeling open source software bugs with complex networks. / Nie, Cheng; Zeng, Daniel; Zheng, Xiaolong; Wang, Fei Yue; Zhao, Huimin.

Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010. 2010. p. 375-379 5551550 (Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010).

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Nie, C, Zeng, D, Zheng, X, Wang, FY & Zhao, H 2010, Modeling open source software bugs with complex networks. in Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010., 5551550, Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010, pp. 375-379, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010, QingDao, China, 7/15/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2010.5551550

Nie C, Zeng D, Zheng X, Wang FY, Zhao H. Modeling open source software bugs with complex networks. In Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010. 2010. p. 375-379. 5551550. (Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010). https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2010.5551550

Nie, Cheng ; Zeng, Daniel ; Zheng, Xiaolong ; Wang, Fei Yue ; Zhao, Huimin. / Modeling open source software bugs with complex networks. Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010. 2010. pp. 375-379 (Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010).

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