A Systematic Review of Studies of Open Source Software Evolution

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyu Pei Breivold ◽  
Muhammad Aufeef Chauhan ◽  
Muhammad Ali Babar
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Evolution

A Systematic Review of Attributes and Techniques for Open Source Software Evolution Analysis

2022 ◽  
pp. 84-106
Author(s):  
Munish Saini ◽  
Kuljit Kaur Chahal
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Evolution ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Evolution Process ◽  
Evolution Analysis ◽  
Current State ◽  
Standard Set

Many studies have been conducted to understand the evolution process of Open Source Software (OSS). The researchers have used various techniques for understanding the OSS evolution process from different perspectives. This chapter reports a meta-data analysis of the systematic literature review on the topic in order to understand its current state and to identify opportunities for the future. This research identified 190 studies, selected against a set of questions, for discussion. It categorizes the research studies into nine categories. Based on the results obtained from the systematic review, there is evidence of a shift in the metrics and methods for OSS evolution analysis over the period of time. The results suggest that there is a lack of a uniform approach to analyzing and interpreting the results. There is need of more empirical work using a standard set of techniques and attributes to verify the phenomenon governing the OSS projects. This will help to advance the field and establish a theory of software evolution.

Open Source Software Evolution

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuljit Kaur Chahal ◽  
Munish Saini
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Evolution ◽  
Evolution Process ◽  
Subsequent Paper ◽  
Linear Rate ◽  
The Past ◽  
Evolution Analysis ◽  
Current State

Due to the dominance of Open Source Software (OSS) in IT and the IT enabled services industry, various stakeholders are keen to understand the OSS evolution process. Several studies have been conducted in the past in this regard. There are various techniques used in the past for understanding OSS evolution process from different perspectives. This paper reports a systematic literature review on the topic in order to understand its current state and to identify opportunities for future. This research identified 190 studies, selected against a set of questions, for discussion. It categorizes the research studies into nine categories. We report the review results in a set of two papers. This paper discusses the research results of the techniques used for OSS evolution analysis only i.e. one out of the nine categories. A subsequent paper carries discussion on the remaining categories. Based on the results obtained from the systematic review, there is evidence of shift in the metrics and methods for OSS evolution analysis over the period of time. OSS systems were found to grow at a super linear rate in the initial studies. But later studies revealed that branches of an OSS system grow at different rates. However, more number of studies should be carried out using a repeatable methodology in order to obtain well-formed and generalizable results.

A Systematic Review of Attributes and Techniques for Open Source Software Evolution Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Munish Saini ◽  
Kuljit Kaur Chahal
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Evolution ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Evolution Process ◽  
Evolution Analysis ◽  
Current State ◽  
Standard Set

Many studies have been conducted to understand the evolution process of Open Source Software (OSS). The researchers have used various techniques for understanding the OSS evolution process from different perspectives. This chapter reports a meta-data analysis of the systematic literature review on the topic in order to understand its current state and to identify opportunities for the future. This research identified 190 studies, selected against a set of questions, for discussion. It categorizes the research studies into nine categories. Based on the results obtained from the systematic review, there is evidence of a shift in the metrics and methods for OSS evolution analysis over the period of time. The results suggest that there is a lack of a uniform approach to analyzing and interpreting the results. There is need of more empirical work using a standard set of techniques and attributes to verify the phenomenon governing the OSS projects. This will help to advance the field and establish a theory of software evolution.

A Systematic Review of Attributes and Techniques for Open Source Software Evolution Analysis

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Munish Saini ◽  
Kuljit Kaur Chahal
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Evolution ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Evolution Process ◽  
Evolution Analysis ◽  
Current State ◽  
Standard Set

Many studies have been conducted to understand the evolution process of Open Source Software (OSS). The researchers have used various techniques for understanding the OSS evolution process from different perspectives. This chapter reports a meta-data analysis of the systematic literature review on the topic in order to understand its current state and to identify opportunities for the future. This research identified 190 studies, selected against a set of questions, for discussion. It categorizes the research studies into nine categories. Based on the results obtained from the systematic review, there is evidence of a shift in the metrics and methods for OSS evolution analysis over the period of time. The results suggest that there is a lack of a uniform approach to analyzing and interpreting the results. There is need of more empirical work using a standard set of techniques and attributes to verify the phenomenon governing the OSS projects. This will help to advance the field and establish a theory of software evolution.

scholarly journals Internal Quality Evolution of Open-Source Software Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5690
Author(s):  
Mamdouh Alenezi
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Evolution ◽  
Quality Metrics ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Software Metric ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Relationship

The evolution of software is necessary for the success of software systems. Studying the evolution of software and understanding it is a vocal topic of study in software engineering. One of the primary concepts of software evolution is that the internal quality of a software system declines when it evolves. In this paper, the method of evolution of the internal quality of object-oriented open-source software systems has been examined by applying a software metric approach. More specifically, we analyze how software systems evolve over versions regarding size and the relationship between size and different internal quality metrics. The results and observations of this research include: (i) there is a significant difference between different systems concerning the LOC variable (ii) there is a significant correlation between all pairwise comparisons of internal quality metrics, and (iii) the effect of complexity and inheritance on the LOC was positive and significant, while the effect of Coupling and Cohesion was not significant.

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