ROBUSTNESS IMPROVEMENT USING OPEN SOURCE CODE LIBRARIES

Template Mining in Source-code Digital Libraries

As a greater number of software developers make their source code available, there is a need to store such opensource applications into a repository, and facilitate search over the repository. The objective of this research is to build a digital library of Java source code, to enable search and selection of source code. We believe that such a digital library will enable better sharing of experi...

What Makes Computational Open Source Software Libraries Successful? What Makes Computational Open Source Software Libraries Successful?

Software is the backbone of scientific computing. Yet, while we regularly publish detailed accounts about the results of scientific software, and while there is a general sense of which numerical methods work well, our community is largely unaware of best practices in writing the large-scale, open source scientific software upon which our discipline rests. This is particularly apparent in the c...

Evaluating open source GIS for libraries

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of free and open source (FOSS) geographic information system (GIS) software within the broader contexts of the open source software movement and developments in GIS, and pose the question of whether libraries and academic departments should consider adopting FOSS GIS. Design/methodology/approach – The process of creating a basic them...

Open-Source Opens Doors: A Case Study on Extending ArchivesSpace Code at UNLV Libraries

Code Architecture and Open Source Software Development

A model is developed to study how the code architecture affects open source software (OSS) development. The model incorporates the resource heterogeneity and diverse motivations of various groups of programmers as well as the strategic interactions among them. We argue that the major advantage brought by a modular architecture of OSS code base is that it reduces both the cognitive cost and the ...