@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10001230,
	  title     = {A Quantitative Study of the Evolution of Open Source Software Communities},
	  author    = {M. R. Martinez-Torres and  S. L. Toral and  M. Olmedilla},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {Typically, virtual communities exhibit the well-known
phenomenon of participation inequality, which means that only a
small percentage of users is responsible of the majority of
contributions. However, the sustainability of the community requires
that the group of active users must be continuously nurtured with new
users that gain expertise through a participation process. This paper
analyzes the time evolution of Open Source Software (OSS)
communities, considering users that join/abandon the community
over time and several topological properties of the network when
modeled as a social network. More specifically, the paper analyzes
the role of those users rejoining the community and their influence in
the global characteristics of the network.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering},
	  volume    = {9},
	  number    = {6},
	  year      = {2015},
	  pages     = {1367 - 1372},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10001230},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/102},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 102, 2015},
	}