TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling open source software bugs with complex networks
AU - Nie, Cheng
AU - Zeng, Daniel
AU - Zheng, Xiaolong
AU - Wang, Fei Yue
AU - Zhao, Huimin
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1109/SOLI.2010.5551550
DO - 10.1109/SOLI.2010.5551550
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77957819633
SN - 9781424471188
T3 - Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010
SP - 375
EP - 379
BT - Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010
T2 - 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2010
Y2 - 15 July 2010 through 17 July 2010
ER -