A Systematic Literature Review of Open Source Software Quality Assessment Models

dc.authorid Misra, Sanjay/0000-0002-3556-9331
dc.authorid Crawford, Broderick/0000-0001-5500-0188
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dc.authorwosid Misra, Sanjay/K-2203-2014
dc.authorwosid Adewumi, Adewole/M-8695-2013
dc.contributor.author Adewumi, Adewole
dc.contributor.author Misra, Sanjay
dc.contributor.author Omoregbe, Nicholas
dc.contributor.author Crawford, Broderick
dc.contributor.author Soto, Ricardo
dc.contributor.other Computer Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-05T14:31:23Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-05T14:31:23Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.department Atılım University en_US
dc.department-temp [Adewumi, Adewole; Misra, Sanjay; Omoregbe, Nicholas] Covenant Univ, Ota, Nigeria; [Misra, Sanjay] Atilim Univ, Ankara, Turkey; [Crawford, Broderick; Soto, Ricardo] Pontificia Univ Catolica Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile en_US
dc.description Misra, Sanjay/0000-0002-3556-9331; Crawford, Broderick/0000-0001-5500-0188 en_US
dc.description.abstract Background: Many open source software (OSS) quality assessment models are proposed and available in the literature. However, there is little or no adoption of these models in practice. In order to guide the formulation of newer models so they can be acceptable by practitioners, there is need for clear discrimination of the existing models based on their specific properties. Based on this, the aim of this study is to perform a systematic literature review to investigate the properties of the existing OSS quality assessment models by classifying them with respect to their quality characteristics, the methodology they use for assessment, and their domain of application so as to guide the formulation and development of newer models. Searches in IEEE Xplore, ACM, Science Direct, Springer and Google Search is performed so as to retrieve all relevant primary studies in this regard. Journal and conference papers between the year 2003 and 2015 were considered since the first known OSS quality model emerged in 2003. Results: A total of 19 OSS quality assessment model papers were selected. To select these models we have developed assessment criteria to evaluate the quality of the existing studies. Quality assessment models are classified into five categories based on the quality characteristics they possess namely: single-attribute, rounded category, community-only attribute, non-community attribute as well as the non-quality in use models. Our study reflects that software selection based on hierarchical structures is found to be the most popular selection method in the existing OSS quality assessment models. Furthermore, we found that majority (47%) of the existing models do not specify any domain of application. Conclusions: In conclusion, our study will be a valuable contribution to the community and helps the quality assessment model developers in formulating newer models and also to the practitioners (software evaluators) in selecting suitable OSS in the midst of alternatives. en_US
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dc.identifier.doi 10.1186/s40064-016-3612-4
dc.identifier.issn 2193-1801
dc.identifier.pmid 27872799
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-84994748457
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-3612-4
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/672
dc.identifier.volume 5 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000391383600001
dc.institutionauthor Mısra, Sanjay
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer international Publishing Ag en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Diğer en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 40
dc.subject Analysis en_US
dc.subject Community en_US
dc.subject ISO 25010 en_US
dc.subject Open source software en_US
dc.subject Quality assessment models en_US
dc.title A Systematic Literature Review of Open Source Software Quality Assessment Models en_US
dc.type Review en_US
dc.wos.citedbyCount 27
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