Mining Communication Patterns in Software Development: A GitHub Analysis

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Mining Communication Patterns in Software Development: A GitHub Analysis

Study Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7752419
Citation: @doi:10.1109/ASONAM.2016.7752419

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• GitHub
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Summary

Provides a brief history of GitHub as a platform for, primarily collaborative coding, even though it is used for many other types of open source projects.

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