Qualitative analysis and simulation of open source software evolution

Neil Smith Computing Department Faculty of Maths & Computing, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, U.K. N.Smith@open.ac.uk Andrea Capiluppi Dipartimento de Automatica e Informatica Politecnico de Torino, Corso Montevecchio 71, Torino ITALY 10129 Andrea.Capiluppi@polito.it Juan F. Ramil Computing Department Faculty of Maths & Computing, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, U.K. J.F.Ramil@open.ac.uk

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