Social Dynamics of FLOSS Team Communication Across Channels
IFIP International Federation for Information Processing/IFIPPublished 19 August 2008
Andrea Wiggins, James Howison, Kevin Crowston
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The validity of data sampling is evaluated by examining dynamics of communication centralization, which vary across multiple communication channels, and a method for intensity-based smoothing in dynamic social network analysis is introduced.
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This paper extends prior investigation into the social dynamics of free and open source (FLOSS) teams by examining the methodological questions arising from research using social network analysis on open source projects. We evaluate the validity of data sampling by examining dynamics of communication centralization, which vary across multiple communication channels. We also introduce a method for intensity-based smoothing in dynamic social network analysis.
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