scholarly journals Internal Quality Evolution of Open-Source Software Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5690
Author(s):  
Mamdouh Alenezi
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Evolution ◽  
Quality Metrics ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Software Metric ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Relationship

The evolution of software is necessary for the success of software systems. Studying the evolution of software and understanding it is a vocal topic of study in software engineering. One of the primary concepts of software evolution is that the internal quality of a software system declines when it evolves. In this paper, the method of evolution of the internal quality of object-oriented open-source software systems has been examined by applying a software metric approach. More specifically, we analyze how software systems evolve over versions regarding size and the relationship between size and different internal quality metrics. The results and observations of this research include: (i) there is a significant difference between different systems concerning the LOC variable (ii) there is a significant correlation between all pairwise comparisons of internal quality metrics, and (iii) the effect of complexity and inheritance on the LOC was positive and significant, while the effect of Coupling and Cohesion was not significant.

A study of open source software evolution data using qualitative simulation

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Smith ◽  
Andrea Capiluppi ◽  
Juan F. Ramil
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Evolution ◽  
Qualitative Simulation

Investigation of the Software Code Vulnerabilities' Impact on the Popularity of Open Source Software Projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Madanjit Singh ◽  
Munish Saini ◽  
Manevpreet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Evolution ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Software Vulnerabilities ◽  
Software Code ◽  
Change Requests ◽  
Increasing Trends

This paper has statically investigated the source code of open source software (OSS) projects to uncover the presence of vulnerabilities in the code. The conducted research emphasizes that the presence of vulnerabilities has adverse effects on the overall software quality. The authors found the increasing trends in the vulnerabilities as the lines of code (LOC) increases during the software evolution. This signifies the fact that the addition of new features or change requests into the OSS project may cause an increase in vulnerability. Further, the relation between software vulnerabilities and popularity is also examined. This research does not find the existence of any relationship among software vulnerabilities and popularity. This research will provide significant implications to the developers and project managers to better understand the present state of the software.

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