An empirically-based characterization and quantification of information seeking through mailing lists during open source developers software evolution

• Main Authors: Sharif, Khaironi Yatim, English, Michael, Ali, Nour, Exton, Chris, Collins, J. J., Buckley, Jim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43715/1/abstract123.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43715/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Context Several authors have proposed information seeking as an appropriate perspective for studying software evolution. Empirical evidence in this area suggests that substantial time delays can accrue, due to the unavailability of required information, particularly when this information must trave...