Software ecosystems – a systematic literature review
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Software ecosystems – a systematic literature review. / Manikas, Konstantinos; Hansen, Klaus Marius.
In: Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 86, No. 5, 2013, p. 1294–1306.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Software ecosystems – a systematic literature review
AU - Manikas, Konstantinos
AU - Hansen, Klaus Marius
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A software ecosystem is the interaction of a set of actors on top of a common technological platform that results in a number of software solutions or services. Arguably, software ecosystems are gaining importance with the advent of, e.g., the Google Android, Apache, and Salesforce.com ecosystems. However, there exists no systematic overview of the research done on software ecosystems from a software engineering perspective. We performed a systematic literature review of software ecosystem research, analyzing 90 papers on the subject taken from a gross collection of 420. Our main conclusions are that while research on software ecosystems is increasing (a) there is little consensus on what constitutes a software ecosystem, (b) few analytical models of software ecosystems exist, and (c) little research is done in the context of real-world ecosystems. This work provides an overview of the field, while identifying areas for future research.
AB - A software ecosystem is the interaction of a set of actors on top of a common technological platform that results in a number of software solutions or services. Arguably, software ecosystems are gaining importance with the advent of, e.g., the Google Android, Apache, and Salesforce.com ecosystems. However, there exists no systematic overview of the research done on software ecosystems from a software engineering perspective. We performed a systematic literature review of software ecosystem research, analyzing 90 papers on the subject taken from a gross collection of 420. Our main conclusions are that while research on software ecosystems is increasing (a) there is little consensus on what constitutes a software ecosystem, (b) few analytical models of software ecosystems exist, and (c) little research is done in the context of real-world ecosystems. This work provides an overview of the field, while identifying areas for future research.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Software ecosystems
KW - Software ecosystem
KW - Systematic literature review
U2 - 10.1016/j.jss.2012.12.026
DO - 10.1016/j.jss.2012.12.026
M3 - Review
VL - 86
SP - 1294
EP - 1306
JO - Journal of Systems and Software
JF - Journal of Systems and Software
SN - 0164-1212
IS - 5
ER -
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