Exploring the Structure of Complex Software Designs: An Empirical Study of Open Source and Proprietary Code.
Alan MacCormackJohn RusnakCarliss Y. BaldwinPublished in: Manag. Sci. (2006)
Keyphrases
- open source
- source code
- software package
- open source projects
- software systems
- open source software
- reverse engineer
- complex structures
- static analysis
- case study
- linux kernel
- software projects
- complex systems
- software maintenance
- legacy software systems
- proprietary software
- high level
- program understanding
- bayesian networks
- java platform
- neural network
- legacy software
- highly structured
- structural information
- software evolution
- user interface
- software development
- computer systems
- software architecture