Does Contributor Characteristics Influence Future Participation? A Case Study on Google Chromium Issue Tracking System

TitleDoes Contributor Characteristics Influence Future Participation? A Case Study on Google Chromium Issue Tracking System
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsRastogi, A, Sureka, A
Secondary AuthorsCorral, L, Sillitti, A, Succi, G, Vlasenko, J, Wasserman, AI
Secondary TitleOpen Source Software: Mobile Open Source Technologies
Series TitleIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume427
Pagination164-167
PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
ISBN Number978-3-642-55127-7
Abstract

Understanding and measuring factors influencing future participation is relevant to organizations. This information is useful for planning and strategic decision-making. In this work, we measure contributor characteristics and compute attrition to investigate their relationship by mining Issue Tracking System. We conduct experiments on four year data extracted from Google Chromium Issue Tracking System. Experimental results show that the likelihood of future participation increases with increase in relevance of role in project and level of participation in previous time-interval.

URLhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55128-4_22
DOI10.1007/978-3-642-55128-4_22
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