Closed source versus open source in a model of software bug dynamics
| dc.creator | Challet, Damien | |
| dc.creator | Du, Yann Le | |
| dc.date | 2003-06-19 | |
| dc.date | 2005-09-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:51:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:51:57Z | |
| dc.description | We introduce a simple microscopic description of software bug dynamics where users, programmers and a maintainer interact through a given program, with a particular emphasis on bug creation, detection and fixing. When the program is written from scratch, the first phase of development is characterized by a fast decline of the number of bugs, followed by a slow phase where most bugs have been fixed, hence, are hard to find. Releasing immediately bug fixes speeds up the debugging process, which substantiates bazaar open-source methodology. We provide a mathematical analysis that supports our numerical simulations. Finally, we apply our model to Linux history and determine the existence of a lower bound to the quality of its programmers. | |
| dc.description | 13 pages, 8 figures. Better introduction of the model. New section of analytical results. Added a discussion on how to fit the model to real data. To appear in International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0306511 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0306511 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/21660 | |
| dc.subject | Statistical Mechanics | |
| dc.subject | Software Engineering | |
| dc.title | Closed source versus open source in a model of software bug dynamics | |
| dc.type | text |