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Based on the characteristics of knowledge collaboration behavior and the large amount of semantic content generated from user collaboration in open source projects, we construct a directed, weighted, semantic-based multi-project knowledge collaboration network. Using analysis of the KCN\u2019s structure and user attributes, nodes are divided into knowledge collaboration nodes and knowledge dissemination nodes that participate in either multi- or single-project collaboration. From the perspectives of user churn and behavior degradation, two types of failure modes are constructed: node failure and edge failure. Based on empirical data from the Local Motors open source vehicle design community, we then carry out a dynamic robustness analysis experiment. Our results show that the robustness of our constructed network varies for different failure modes and different node types: the network has (1) a high robustness to random failure and a low robustness to deliberate failure, (2) a high robustness to edge failure and a low robustness to node failure, and (3) a high robustness to the failure of single-project nodes (or their edges) and a low robustness to the failure of multi-project nodes (or their edges). These findings can be used to provide a more comprehensive and targeted management reference, promoting the efficient development of OSCs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e25010108","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,5]],"date-time":"2023-01-05T01:33:30Z","timestamp":1672882410000},"page":"108","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Robustness of Multi-Project Knowledge Collaboration Network in Open Source Community"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Xiaodong","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4561-3700","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shaojuan","family":"Lei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China"},{"name":"Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center, Beijing 100082, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiazheng","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Weijie","family":"Kou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"84","article-title":"Open source community: Research context, knowledge framework and research prospects","volume":"43","author":"Chen","year":"2021","journal-title":"Foreign Econ. 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