Development of Safety-Critical Software Systems Using Open Source Software -- A Systematic Map

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.

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Open Source Software as the Main Driver for Evolving Software Systems Toward a Distributed and Performant E-Commerce Platform: A Zalando Fashion Store Case Study

IT Professional ◽

10.1109/mitp.2020.2994993 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 34-41

Author(s):

Alejandro Vera-Baquero ◽

Owen Phelan ◽

Pawel Slowinski ◽

John Hannon

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Software Systems ◽

Main Driver

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Measuring the evolution of open source software systems with their communities

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes ◽

10.1145/1317471.1317479 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 32 (6) ◽

pp. 7 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Yi Wang ◽

Defeng Guo ◽

Huihui Shi

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Software Systems

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Optimization Scenarios for Open Source Software Used in E-Learning Activities

Advances in Systems Analysis, Software Engineering, and High Performance Computing - Optimizing Contemporary Application and Processes in Open Source Software ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5314-4.ch005 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 102-123

Author(s):

Utku Köse

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Learning Activities ◽

Machine Learning Techniques ◽

Software Systems ◽

Source Codes ◽

E Learning ◽

Additional Costs ◽

Teaching Learning

Using open software in e-learning application is one of the most popular ways of improving effectiveness of e-learning-based processes without thinking about additional costs and even focusing on modifying the software according to needs. Because of that, it is important to have an idea about what is needed while using an e-learning-oriented open software system and how to deal with its source codes. At this point, it is a good option to add some additional features and functions to make the open source software more intelligent and practical to make both teaching-learning experiences during e-learning processes. In this context, the objective of this chapter is to discuss some possible applications of artificial intelligence to include optimization processes within open source software systems used in e-learning activities. In detail, the chapter focuses more on using swarm intelligence and machine learning techniques for this aim and expresses some theoretical views for improving the effectiveness of such software for a better e-learning experience.

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Understanding the Development of Free E-Commerce/E-Business Software

Electronic Business ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-056-1.ch037 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 603-619

Author(s):

Walt Scacchi

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Enterprise Resource Planning ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Software Systems ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Software Applications ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Business Software

This study examines the development of open source software supporting e-commerce (EC) or e-business (EB) capabilities. This entails a case study within a virtual organization engaged in an organizational initiative to develop, deploy, and support free/open source software systems for EC or EB services, like those supporting enterprise resource planning. The objective of this study is to identify and characterize the resource-based software product development capabilities that lie at the center of the initiative, rather than the software itself, or the effectiveness of its operation in a business enterprise. By learning what these resources are, and how they are arrayed into product development capabilities, we can provide the knowledge needed to understand what resources are required to realize the potential of free EC and EB software applications. In addition, the resource-based view draws attention to those resources and capabilities that provide potential competitive advantages and disadvantages to the organization in focus.

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Evolution Impact on Architecture Stability in Open-Source Projects

International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing ◽

10.4018/ijcac.2015100102 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 24-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mamdouh Alenezi ◽

Fakhry Khellah

Keyword(s):

Software Architecture ◽

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Quality Standard ◽

Management Style ◽

Efficient Technique ◽

Maintenance Cost ◽

Software Systems ◽

Architecture Evolution

Software systems usually evolve constantly, which requires constant development and maintenance. Subsequently, the architecture of these systems tends to degrade with time. Therefore, stability is a key measure for evaluating an architecture. Open-source software systems are becoming progressively vital these days. Since open-source software systems are usually developed in a different management style, the quality of their architectures needs to be studied. ISO/IEC SQuaRe quality standard characterized stability as one of the sub-characteristics of maintainability. Unstable software architecture could cause the software to require high maintenance cost and effort. In this work, the authors propose a simple, yet efficient, technique that is based on carefully aggregating the package level stability in order to measure the change in the architecture level stability as the architecture evolution happens. The proposed method can be used to further study the cause behind the positive or negative architecture stability changes.

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