A topology of groups: What GitHub can tell us about online collaboration
A topology of groups: What GitHub can tell us about online collaboration
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DOI：
10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120291
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发表时间：
2020-12-01
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12
通讯作者：
Schroeder, Tobias
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作者：
Zoeller, Nikolas;Morgan, Jonathan H.;Schroeder, Tobias
在这项工作中，我们研究了GitHub上的开源软件项目的协作模式，通过分析拉请求提交和接受的存储库。我们开发了一个组类型学的基础上相应的有向图的结构特性，并分析了拓扑结构是如何连接到存储库的集体身份，层次结构，生产力，受欢迎程度，弹性和稳定性。这些分析表明组类型之间的显着差异，从而提供了宝贵的见解，如何有效地组织协作软件开发。确定数字平台上自组织协作的基础机制不仅对更好地理解开源软件开发非常重要，而且对所有其他分散和数字工作环境也很重要，这种环境被广泛认为是未来工作场所的关键特征。
In this work, we study the collaboration patterns of open source software projects on GitHub by analyzing the pull request submissions and acceptances of repositories. We develop a group typology based on the structural properties of the corresponding directed graphs, and analyze how the topology is connected to the repositorys collective identity, hierarchy, productivity, popularity, resilience and stability. These analyses indicate significant differences between group types and thereby provide valuable insights on how to effectively organize collaborative software development. Identifying the mechanisms that underlie self-organized collaboration on digital platforms is important not just to better understand open source software development but also all other decentralized and digital work environments, a setting widely regarded as a key feature of the future work place.