Software engineering practice has shifted from the development of products in closed
environments toward more open and collaborative efforts. Software development has …

A growing number of software systems is characterized by continuous evolution as well as
by significant interdependence with other systems (eg services, apps). Such software …

Software developing organizations are becoming increasingly aware of their position in the
software value chain. Whereas earlier, the set of suppliers and external components used to …

Software ecosystems is an emerging trend within the software industry, implying a shift from
closed organizations and processes towards open structures, where actors external to the …

Abstract [Context and motivation] Ecosystems developed as Open Source Software (OSS)
are considered to be highly innovative and reactive to new market trends due to their …

Software ecosystems are an important new concept for collaborative software development,
and empirical studies on their development are important towards understanding the …

Knowledge of in-the-field software operation is still unrecognized as an essential pulse in
the veins of software ecosystems. Although software-producing organizations are aware of …

The development of software products and systems generally requires collaboration of many
individuals, groups, and organizations that form an ecosystem of interdependent …

Open source software projects often rely on package management systems that help
projects discover, incorporate, and maintain dependencies on other packages, maintained …

Abstract [Context and motivation] The use of websites for gathering and prioritizing
requirements in large-scale distributed projects is becoming increasingly prevalent in the …