Furinkazan: Understanding Behaviors in Software Development based on Game Theoretical Modeling and Empirical Studies

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26540029
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Software
• Research Institution: Nara Institute of Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: HATA Hideaki 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学, 情報科学研究科, 助教 (00713041)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAMADA Haruaki 京都産業大学, コンピュータ理工学部, 准教授 (30457139) ; TSUNODA Masateru 近畿大学, 理工学部, 講師 (60457140)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 開発者特性 / ゲーム理論 / 行動経済学 / オープンソースソフトウェア / ソフトウェアエコノミクス / ソフトウェアエコシステム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to understand the various characteristics of software developers and their behavioral patterns. We have addressed this challenge from the following four aspects. 1) A survey study based on behavioral economics to clarify the characteristics of developers for risk management. 2) Data mining on open source software projects to identify patterns of developers’ behaviors. 3) Data mining on closed software development especially to find the patterns of novice developers’ behaviors. 4) Game theoretical modeling and analysis for actual data.

Free Research Field

ソフトウェア工学