Using Heterogeneous Networks to Measure the Strength of Relationships on GitHub

• Gabriel P. Oliveira Federal University of Minas Gerais http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7210-6408
• Natércia A. Batista Federal University of Minas Gerais
• Michele A. Brandão Federal University of Minas Gerais
• Mirella M. Moro Federal University of Minas Gerais http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0545-2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbbd.2018.22244

Abstract

Our goal is to measure the strength of the relationships between GitHub users by considering social and technical features. The contributions include a new heterogeneous graph model with different types of interactions and new metrics for the strength of such relationships. The results show the proposed metrics bring new information about the relationships.

Keywords: Heterogeneous networks, Github, graph modeling

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