Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)

Healthy until otherwise proven: Some proposals for renewing research of software ecosystem health




List of AuthorsHyrynsalmi S., Ruohonen J., Seppänen M.

EditorsBram Adams et al.

Conference nameInternational Workshop on Software Health

PublisherIEEE Computer Society

Publication year2018

Book title *Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Software Health

Journal name in sourceProceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Start page18

End page24

Number of pages7

ISBN978-1-4503-5730-2

ISSN2333-7400

DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3194124.3194128


Abstract

The software ecosystem has become a central conceptualisation for characterising the contemporary software business world. To understand and evaluate ecosystems, the concept of 'ecosystem health' was borrowed from the field of biology. In a 'healthy' ecosystem, the participants will flourish and, vice versa, suffer in an unhealthy one. Yet, there is a lack of empirical validations for the current approach as well as certain limitations regarding the concept. This paper will present a critique on current ecosystem health measurement and evaluation approaches. In addition, there is discussion on three proposals that could help to refocus the academic research on software ecosystem health.


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