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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Open source software (OSS)"”.
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Collaborative learning in Open Source Software (OSS) communities: The dynamics and challenges in networked learning environments
… This thesis explores learning occurring within open source software (OSS) communities. OSS communities are a dominant form of organizing in software development with implications not only for innovative product development but also for the training of a large number of software developers. The …
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Open source software as applied in higher education: at one four-year university
… was to explain the implementation process of open source software (OSS) in a higher education setting, including any challenges that the faculty encountered during professional development, and implementation during instruction. This study was conducted at a four-year university in the …
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Motivations, Team Dynamics, Development Practices and How They Impact the Success of Open Source Software: A Study of Projects of Code for America Brigades
<p>Open data movement has nurtured the growth of civic open source software (OSS) in the recent decade. This emerging phenomenon has demonstrated a way that a community can collectively utilize technology to solve its problems.</p> <p>This study is based on software projects in brigades of Code for …
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A Usability Maturity Model for Open Source Software
… has always been a major factor in the success of software, regardless of whether the software is closed proprietary or open source software (OSS). Although user-centered designs are gaining recognition among the OSS community, many design scenarios still do not incorporate usability as one of …
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Rollover prevention and path following of a scaled autonomous vehicle using nonlinear model predictive control
… using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC). Open Source Software (OSS) known as Automatic Control and Dynamic Optimisation (ACADO) is used to design and simulate the NMPC controller based on an eight Degree of Freedom (8 DOF) nonlinear vehicle model with Pacejka tire model. Vehicle stability …
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An Investigation into quality assurance of the Open Source Software Development model
The Open Source Software Development (OSSD) model has launched products in rapid succession and with high quality, without following traditional quality practices of accepted software development models (Raymond 1999). Some OSSD projects challenge established quality assurance approaches, claiming …
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Understanding Software Development in an Open Source Context:Network Analysis of Source Code Repositories
Open Source Software (OSS) created a paradigm shift within the software engineering field prompting further research to understand how mature, industry grade, software can be produced in an online milieu with distributed and lightly managed developers contributing source code in their free time. …
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AN INVESTIGATION OF COMMON CODING ERRORS IN OPEN SOURCE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE CODE
… the occurrence of coding errors in the Open Source Software (OSS) Graphical User Interface (GUI) code. Characteristics of coding errors in the OSS GUI code are explored and analyzed so that guidelines are proposed to lower the influence of coding errors in OSS GUI software. Background: …
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Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Organisations: The Case of Open Source Software Communities
… with successful knowledge sharing processes is open source software (OSS) communities. This justifies my thesis, which undertakes primary research in OSS communities via qualitative and quantitative studies to find out how and to what extent knowledge is shared in those communities, in order to …
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An Organizational Analysis of Publishing the People's Code
Publishing software publicly is a new phenomenon for U.S. federal government agencies. In August 2016, the White House issued the Federal Source Code Policy: Achieving Efficiency, Transparency, and Innovation through Reusable and Open Source Software (FSCP). The FSCP mandated Chief Financial …
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Design implications of an online collaborative workspace developed using open source software
… various means of sharing information and resources. The main research question addressed in this study is: What are the user requirements and design specifications of an online collaborative workspace developed in open source software? In order to answer this main question, the following …
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Modell und Optimierungsansatz für Open Source Softwareentwicklungsprozesse
Gerade in den letzten Jahren erfuhr Open Source Software (OSS) eine zunehmende Verbreitung und Popularität und hat sich in verschiedenen Anwendungsdomänen etabliert. Die Prozesse, welche sich im Kontext der OSS-Entwicklung (auch: OSSD – Open Source Software-Development) evolutionär …
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Contemporary peer code review practices and associated benefits
… review participants. In the recent years, many Open Source Software (OSS) communities and commercial organizations have adopted 'contemporary' or 'modern' code review, an informal, regular, tool-based process. Because both OSS and commercial developers spend a significant amount of effort …