The use of empirical methods in Open Source Software research: Facts, trends and future directions

Authors:
Klaas-Jan Stol;Muhammad Ali Babar;Barbara Russo;Brian Fitzgerald
Affiliations:
Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland;Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland;Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy;University of Limerick, Ireland
Venue:
FLOSS '09 Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Emerging Trends in Free/Libre/Open Source Software Research and Development
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Open Source Software (OSS) is a field of study with increasing interest of researchers. By its nature, OSS is especially suitable for empirical research. A great number of OSS related empirical studies have been conducted, but no effort has been made to systematically review the published evidence. This paper presents the results of a systematic review to investigate research topics and used methods in OSS related research. We present our results as facts and trends in this field and provide directions for future research.