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GROUP
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
The effects of group composition on decision quality in a social production community
Online social production communities allow efficient construction of valuable and high-quality information sources. To be successful, community members must be effective at collab...
Shyong K. Lam, Jawed Karim, John Riedl
EDM
2010
152views Data Mining» more  EDM 2010»
13 years 6 months ago
Peer Production of Online Learning Resources: A Social Network Analysis
This paper describes methods for collecting user activity data in a peer production educational system, the Instructional Architect (IA), and then takes a social network perspectiv...
Beijie Xu, Mimi Recker
WIKIS
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Herding the cats: the influence of groups in coordinating peer production
Peer production systems rely on users to self-select appropriate tasks and “scratch their personal itch”. However, many such systems require significant maintenance work, whic...
Aniket Kittur, Bryan A. Pendleton, Robert E. Kraut
IHI
2010
186views Healthcare» more  IHI 2010»
12 years 11 months ago
Analysis of an online health social network
With the continued advances of Web 2.0, health-centered Online Social Networks (OSNs) are emerging to provide knowledge and support for those interested in managing their own heal...
Xiaoxiao Ma, Guanling Chen, Juntao Xiao
CIKM
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Predicting product adoption in large-scale social networks
Online social networks offer opportunities to analyze user behavior and social connectivity and leverage resulting insights for effective online advertising. We study the adopti...
Rushi Bhatt, Vineet Chaoji, Rajesh Parekh