3 papers
cs.SE2024
Model Contribution Rate Theory: An Empirical Examination
Vincil Bishop, Steven Simske
The paper presents a systematic methodology for analyzing software developer productivity by refining contribution rate metrics to distinguish meaningful development efforts from a…
cs.SE2024
Evaluating Software Contribution Quality: Time-to-Modification Theory
Vincil Bishop, Steven J Simske
The durability and quality of software contributions are critical factors in the long-term maintainability of a codebase. This paper introduces the Time to Modification (TTM) Theor…
cs.SE2024
Contribution Rate Imputation Theory: A Conceptual Model
Vincil Bishop, Steven Simske
The "Theory of Contribution Rate Imputation" estimates developer effort by analyzing historical commit data and typical development rates. Building on the Time-Delta Method, this a…