Crowdsource software development has become more and more popular in recent years in
the software industry. Crowdsourcing is an open‐call technique for outsourcing tasks to a …

Background: Sustainable software engineering (SSE) means creating software in a way that
meets present needs without undermining our collective capacity to meet our future needs. It …

The continuous contributions made by long time contributors (LTCs) are a key factor
enabling open source software (OSS) projects to be successful and survival. We study …

To survive and thrive, a community must attract new members, retain them, and help them
be productive [1]. As openness becomes the norm in research, software development, and …

COVID-19 has compelled every sector to shift towards virtualizing, and to curb the spread of
this deadly virus, technologies like cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and IoT have …

The competitive market of mobile applications (apps) has driven app developers to pay
more attention to addressing the issues of mobile apps. Prior studies have shown that …

Software crowdsourcing is an emerging and promising software development model. It is
based on the characteristics of Internet community intelligence, which makes it have certain …

Crowdsourcing is a concept associated with problem-solving that relies on the crowd as its
primary element. However, understanding what motivates or demotivates people to …

With the ever improving availability of social media platforms, the internet and mobile
devices, crowdsourcing becomes a popular business development strategy in outsourcing …

Context: Many organizations develop software systems using open source software (OSS),
which is risky due to the high possibility of losing support. Contributors are critical for the …