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Software ecosystems vs. natural ecosystems: learning from the ingenious mind of nature
conference contribution
posted on 2012-07-13, 14:57 authored by Deepak Dhungana, Iris Groher, Elisabeth Schludermann, Stefan BifflThe use of the term ecosystem in the context of extensible software
platforms and third-party developers or user communities
has made us ponder about the similarities between software ecosystems
and natural ecosystems. We therefore compare software
ecosystems and natural ecosystems to present an agenda for further
research by analyzing some key characteristics of both types
of ecosystems. We discuss the regulatory factors and mechanisms
existing in nature, and then deduce key challenges that need to be
dealt with, in order to achieve healthy operation of software ecosystems.
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Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Software Architecture: Companion Volume;Publisher
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"© ACM, 2010. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Software Architecture: Companion Volume http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1842752.1842777Language
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