Author entropy vs. file size in the GNOME suite of applications

TitleAuthor entropy vs. file size in the GNOME suite of applications
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsCasebolt, JR, Krein, JL, MacLean, AC, Knutson, CD, Delorey, DP
Secondary Title2009 6th IEEE International Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR)2009 6th IEEE International Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories
Pagination91 - 94
PublisherIEEE
Place PublishedVancouver, BC, Canada
ISBN Number978-1-4244-3493-0
Keywordsauthor entropy, contributions, gnome, msr challenge
Abstract

We present the results of a study in which author entropy was used to characterize author contributions per file. Our analysis reveals three patterns: banding in the data, uneven distribution of data across bands, and file size dependent distributions within bands. Our results suggest that when two authors contribute to a file, large files are more likely to have a dominant author than smaller files.

DOI10.1109/MSR.2009.5069484
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