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Structural Heterogeneity of Open- Source Software Communities Based on Complex Networks

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  • 1.School of Business Administration,South China University of Technology,Guangzhou 510640,Guangdong,China;2.School of Environment and Energy,South China University of Technology,Guangzhou 510006,Guangdong,China
杨建梅(1946-),女,博士,教授,主要从事系统与复杂性及产业研究.

Received date: 2013-05-12

  Revised date: 2013-07-20

  Online published: 2013-11-19

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国家自然科学基金资助项目(71273093)

Abstract

People have gradually realized that the world we live in,especially in the current times of the Internetand big data,includes not only a homogeneous Gauss world but also a heterogeneous Pareto world.Aiming at thedebates about the measurement of heterogeneity in the complex network circle,this paper first deals with the mea-ning,classification and basic measurement method of heterogeneity,and then regards the peer production communityof open- source software in the Internet as a new- type organization and hence reveal the heterogeneity of its organiza-tion structure through the heterogeneity meaning and relevant parameters of complex network,with a Codeplex C#community being taken as the example.Finally,the practical steps for analyzing the structural heterogeneity viacomplex network models are summarized,and the physical background and research significance of structural hete-rogeneity of organization are discussed.

Cite this article

Yang Jian- mei Zeng Jin- qun Zhang Jian- gong . Structural Heterogeneity of Open- Source Software Communities Based on Complex Networks[J]. Journal of South China University of Technology(Natural Science), 2013 , 41(12) : 136 -144 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-565X.2013.12.023

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