Inter-Package Dependency Networks in Open-Source Software
<|reference_start|>Inter-Package Dependency Networks in Open-Source Software: This research analyzes complex networks in open-source software at the inter-package level, where package dependencies often span across projects and between development groups. We review complex networks identified at ``lower'' levels of abstraction, and then formulate a description of interacting software components at the package level, a relatively ``high'' level of abstraction. By mining open-source software repositories from two sources, we empirically show that the coupling of modules at this granularity creates a small-world and scale-free network in both instances.<|reference_end|>
@article{labelle2004inter-package,
    title={Inter-Package Dependency Networks in Open-Source Software},
    author={Nathan LaBelle, Eugene Wallingford},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0411096},
    year={2004},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={cs/0411096},
    primaryClass={cs.SE}
}