Studying Evolving Software Ecosystems based on Ecological Models

Mens, Tom; Claes, Maelick; Grosjean, Philippe; Serebrenik, Alexander

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Studying Evolving Software Ecosystems based on Ecological Models

Mens, Tom; Claes, Maelick; Grosjean, Philippe et al.

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[en] ecology; [en] biology; [en] software evolution; [en] software ecosystem

Abstract :

[en] Research on software evolution is very active, but evolutionary principles, models and theories that properly explain why and how software systems evolve over time are still lacking. Similarly, more empirical research is needed to understand how different software projects co-exist and co-evolve, and how contributors collaborate within their encompassing software ecosystem. In this chapter, we explore the differences and analogies between natural ecosystems and biological evolution on the one hand, and software ecosystems and soft- ware evolution on the other hand. The aim is to learn from research in ecology to advance the understanding of evolving software ecosystems. Ultimately, we wish to use such knowledge to derive diagnostic tools aiming to predict survival of software projects within their ecosystem, to analyse and optimise the fitness of software projects in their environment, and to help software project communities in managing their projects better.

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CREMMI - Modélisation mathématique et informatique

Disciplines :

Computer science

Author, co-author :

Mens, Tom ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Génie Logiciel

Claes, Maelick ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Génie Logiciel

Grosjean, Philippe ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Service d'Ecologie numérique

Serebrenik, Alexander ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Génie Logiciel

Language :

English

Title :

Studying Evolving Software Ecosystems based on Ecological Models

Publication date :

31 January 2014

Main work title :

Evolving Software Systems

Author, co-author :

Mens, Tom ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Génie Logiciel

Serebrenik, Alexander ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Génie Logiciel

Cleve, Anthony

Editor :

Mens, Tom ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Génie Logiciel

Serebrenik, Alexander ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Génie Logiciel

Cleve, Anthony

Publisher :

Springer

ISBN/EAN :

978-3-642-45397-7

Pages :

297-326

Research unit :

S807 - Ecologie numérique
S852 - Génie Logiciel

Research institute :

R150 - Institut de Recherche sur les Systèmes Complexes

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