A Model of the Commit Size Distribution of Open Source

Kolassa C, Riehle D, Salim MA (2013)


Publication Type: Conference contribution, Original article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Publisher: Springer-verlag

Edited Volumes: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

City/Town: Berlin

Pages Range: 52-66

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (LNCS 7741)

Event location: Spindleruv Mlyn

URI: http://dirkriehle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Paper-LNCS-SOFSEM-2013-Fixed.pdf

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35843-2_6

Abstract

A fundamental unit of work in programming is the code contribution ("commit") that a developer makes to the code base of the project in work. We use statistical methods to derive a model of the probabilistic distribution of commit sizes in open source projects and we show that the model is applicable to different project sizes. We use both graphical as well as statistical methods to validate the goodness of fit of our model. By measuring and modeling a fundamental dimension of programming we help improve software development tools and our understanding of software development. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

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APA:

Kolassa, C., Riehle, D., & Salim, M.A. (2013). A Model of the Commit Size Distribution of Open Source. In Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (LNCS 7741) (pp. 52-66). Spindleruv Mlyn: Berlin: Springer-verlag.

MLA:

Kolassa, Carsten, Dirk Riehle, and Michel Alexandre Salim. "A Model of the Commit Size Distribution of Open Source." Proceedings of the SOFSEM 2013, Spindleruv Mlyn Berlin: Springer-verlag, 2013. 52-66.

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