Healthy until otherwise proven: Some proposals for renewing research of software ecosystem health

Sami Hyrynsalmi; Jukka Ruohonen; Marko Seppänen

doi:10.1145/3194124.3194128

Healthy until otherwise proven: Some proposals for renewing research of software ecosystem health

Sami Hyrynsalmi
, Jukka Ruohonen
, Marko Seppänen

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The software ecosystem has become a central conceptualisation for characterising the contemporary software business world. To understand and evaluate ecosystems, the concept of `ecosystem health' was borrowed from the field of biology. In a `healthy' ecosystem, the participants will flourish and, vice versa, suffer in an unhealthy one. Yet, there is a lack of empirical validations for the current approach as well as certain limitations regarding the concept. This paper will present a critique on current ecosystem health measurement and evaluation approaches. In addition, there is discussion on three proposals that could help to refocus the academic research on software ecosystem health.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SoHeal’18
Subtitle of host publication	IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on Software Health , May 27-June 3 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden
Publisher	ACM
Pages	18-24
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-5730-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3194124.3194128
Publication status	Published - 27 May 2018
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	International Workshop on Software Health - Duration: 1 Jan 2000 → …

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Healthy until otherwise proven: Some proposals for renewing research of software ecosystem health. / Hyrynsalmi, Sami; Ruohonen, Jukka; Seppänen, Marko.
SoHeal’18: IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on Software Health , May 27-June 3 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden. ACM, 2018. p. 18-24.

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