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An open source software selection process and a case studyHe, Guobin 02 June 2009 (has links)
In this study, I design an empirical open source software selection process, which reuses some ideas from Commercial Off-the-Shelf selection methods and addresses the characteristics of the open source software. Basically, it consists of three basic steps: identification, screening and evaluation. The identification step is to find all possible alternatives to open source software that can meet the high level requirements. The next step is screening, in which the refined requirements are applied to filter the alternatives. The evaluation step is based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process, in which the alternatives are inspected from functional suitability, source code, support strength and popularity. In more detail, under functionality suitability criterion, alternatives to open source software are evaluated in viewing of how much functionality can fit in with the functional user requirements. The source code of the alternatives is evaluated from six criteria: programming language, code size, code comment, code intra-module complexity and code inter-module complexity. The evaluation of support strength depends on the evaluation of field support and support resources. The field support includes commercial support and community support. The community support specifically refers to the direct responses from the community to the support requests. Aside from field support, open source software projects also provide various support-related resources such as, documents, wiki, blog, etc. To determine the popularity of the alternatives, I evaluate them from software use, development participation and web popularity. In the case study, I utilize the process to select the best open source unified modeling language tool from the ten alternatives for the software development process. After the screening phase, the four competitive alternatives, BOUML, ArgoUML, UMLet and Violet, are evaluated from functionality, source code, support strength and popularity criteria. The evaluation result indicates that ArgoUML is the best tool for the requirement. The case study demonstrates the effectiveness of the selection process. Various important attributes of open source software are taken into consideration systematically and the final decision is reached based on comprehensive investigation and analysis. The process provides an operable solution to the open source selection problem in practice.
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An open source software selection process and a case studyHe, Guobin 02 June 2009 (has links)
In this study, I design an empirical open source software selection process, which reuses some ideas from Commercial Off-the-Shelf selection methods and addresses the characteristics of the open source software. Basically, it consists of three basic steps: identification, screening and evaluation. The identification step is to find all possible alternatives to open source software that can meet the high level requirements. The next step is screening, in which the refined requirements are applied to filter the alternatives. The evaluation step is based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process, in which the alternatives are inspected from functional suitability, source code, support strength and popularity. In more detail, under functionality suitability criterion, alternatives to open source software are evaluated in viewing of how much functionality can fit in with the functional user requirements. The source code of the alternatives is evaluated from six criteria: programming language, code size, code comment, code intra-module complexity and code inter-module complexity. The evaluation of support strength depends on the evaluation of field support and support resources. The field support includes commercial support and community support. The community support specifically refers to the direct responses from the community to the support requests. Aside from field support, open source software projects also provide various support-related resources such as, documents, wiki, blog, etc. To determine the popularity of the alternatives, I evaluate them from software use, development participation and web popularity. In the case study, I utilize the process to select the best open source unified modeling language tool from the ten alternatives for the software development process. After the screening phase, the four competitive alternatives, BOUML, ArgoUML, UMLet and Violet, are evaluated from functionality, source code, support strength and popularity criteria. The evaluation result indicates that ArgoUML is the best tool for the requirement. The case study demonstrates the effectiveness of the selection process. Various important attributes of open source software are taken into consideration systematically and the final decision is reached based on comprehensive investigation and analysis. The process provides an operable solution to the open source selection problem in practice.
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The production of free software : an ethnographic enquiry into a new social practiseKrieger, Bernhard Ludwig January 2010 (has links)
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Joining open source software communities: an analysis of newbies' first interactions on project mailing lists /King, Scott T. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2009. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-56). Also available on the World Wide Web.
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Design implications of an online collaborative workspace developed using open source softwareBothma, Paul. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.I.S. (Multimedia (Information Science)) -- University of Pretoria, 2007. / Abstract in English. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-167).
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An Implementation Model For Open Sources Evaluation/Tekir, Selma. Koltuksuz, Ahmet January 2004 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology, İzmir, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves. 72-74).
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Adopting open source as the main information technology policy of the Hong Kong SAR GovernmentNg, Chi-chun. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Also available in print.
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Econometrics in R: Past, Present and FutureZeileis, Achim, Koenker, Roger 29 July 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Recently, computational methods and software have been receiving more attention in the econometrics literature, emphasizing that they are integral components of modern econometric research. This has also promoted the development of many new econometrics software packages written in R and made available on the Comprehensive R Archive Network. This special volume on "Econometrics in R" features a selection of these recent activities that includes packages for econometric analysis of cross-section, time series and panel data. This introduction to the special volume highlights the contents of the contributions and embeds them into a brief overview of other past, present, and future projects for econometrics in R.
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The political ramifications of Free/Libre Open Source Software on network advocacy.Timcke, Scott Neal 23 December 2008 (has links)
Research within the last fifteen years on global advocacy networks has often focused
on their accomplishments through the linking of similar groups. The majority of this
research while being useful to examine transnational political dynamics has two
deficiencies. The first is that there is little or no consideration of the network
infrastructure (from code to cables) that allows the aforementioned linkage to occur.
It is therefore important to investigate the politics of infrastructure, architecture and
design and the power and control thereof. Secondly, prior to Web 2.0. technologies,
advocacy networks were nodes of information distribution, rather than nodes to which
information was directed, and then subsequently collected, compiled and used for
political purposes. It is quite reasonable to argue that Web 2.0. technologies (again
due to considerations of code, digital architecture and design) have altered the manner
in advocacy networks interact with their supporters, other organizations and formal
political institutions. This change is located within the advocacy network’s technoorganizational
structure. Subsequently, as the digital architecture for the internet is an
inter-operable free/libre open source software (FLOSS) common to information
exchange, it stands to reason that as an infrastructure this technology is directly a
political landscape over which and in which friction and contestation can and does
occur. In regard to the methods of interaction, FLOSS technologies have greatly
expanded the pool of potential social activists and reduced the costs of engagement,
activism and highlighting issues. With these factors in mind it can be argued that
FLOSS has created opportunities for civil society to emerge and engage with society
at large in ways that are both new (in a digital medium) and similar (tackling issues of
social justice as constructed by the social activists). When considered at a systematic
level this process has several implications. These implications include the impact of
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networking on identity, social relations, power relations and so on, which in turn
acknowledges that modern computer networking can act as a mechanism that
radically restructures various political relations. This itself acknowledges various
contests over modern computer networking (one position which is expressed by
various FLOSS proponents), and the physical infrastructure and the power and control
thereof which allows such networking to even exist in the first instance. Within this
context, which could be described as an information ecosystem, there is a recognition
that advocacy networks have emerged as new sources of power ready to exert
influence through networking that occurs in a) a non formal manner and b) ‘beneath
the radar’ as it were.
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Developing an open source software development process model using grounded theoryTian, Yuhong. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006. / Title from title screen (viewed Feb. 8, 2007). PDF text: 140 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 0.72Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3216341. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche format.
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