bus factor - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

In 2016, Avelino et. al. developed an algorithm for estimating this quantity that involves a degree-of-authorship formula. For 10 points each:

[10h] Give this quantity, whose name derives from a Michael McLay post about Guido van Rossum (“KEE-doe von RAW-suhm”). This quantity equals the minimum number of team members that can drop out before a project stalls due to lack of knowledge.

ANSWER: bus factor [or truck factor; or lottery factor; or circus factor] (McLay asked what would happen to Python if van Rossum were hit by a bus.)

[10e] Avelino et. al. applied their algorithm to calculate bus factors for 133 projects on this online platform for sharing code, which uses a namesake version control software.

ANSWER: GitHub [reject “Git”]

[10m] In 2010, Zazworka et. al. used bus factors to analyze conformity to this method of software development, whose subtypes include extreme programming. This method emphasizes fast iteration to create “working software.”

ANSWER: agile [or agile programming; or agile development]

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	16.67	83%	67%	17%
2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State	11/08/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	17.14	100%	71%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	20.00	100%	78%	22%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - WashU	11/01/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Brown	Brandeis	0	10	0	10
I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	Yale	0	10	10	20
MIT A	Harvard	0	10	10	20
RIT	MIT B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan A	0	10	0	10
Ohio State B	CWRU	0	10	0	10
Pittsburgh	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
JHU B	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	JHU A	0	10	10	20
Maryland C	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Mount Sinai	0	10	10	20
John Jay	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Swarthmore	Columbia A	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma	Central Oklahoma	0	10	0	10
Texas A	Texas B	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	UChicago C	0	10	10	20
Illinois	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
Indiana	UChicago A	0	10	10	20
Northwestern A	Northwestern B	0	10	0	10
rusty shackleford	New Young Whigs of America	0	10	0	10
Wake Up Paddington A Washington Mystery	abg academy	0	10	10	20
Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	#OpenToBuzz	0	10	10	20
Guelph perfomative male competition	Carleton A	0	10	10	20
McGill B	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
McGill Fartlets	Ottawa 67s	0	10	0	10
Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	0	10	10	20
Toronto Operation PBSuccess	Toronto G	0	10	10	20
Queen's is monitoring the situation	Waterloo you are crooked	0	10	0	10
Stanford A	Berkeley C	0	10	10	20
Berkeley B	Berkeley A	0	10	10	20
Free Win	In Search of Lost Clues	0	10	0	10
Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	question mark	10	10	10	30
Galactic Ombudsmen	Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	0	10	10	20
Chimp Brisket	The Bit and the Penndulum	0	10	0	10
Washed Scrubs	Coughing Baby	10	10	10	30
To buzz is to be perceived	why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	0	10	10	20
Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	0	10	10	20
Hail to the Sheaf	Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	0	10	10	20
Knorr Stock Clue	Of Mice and Penn	0	10	0	10
WashU Bouba	Truman State	0	10	0	10
VJ Edgecombe School of Interior Design - Edwardsville	WashU Kiki	0	10	0	10
UNC B	Planck Sinatra	0	10	0	10
VT A	Wise Duke	0	10	10	20
VT B	UNC A	0	10	10	20
The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	Stanford B	0	10	10	20