CommunityNetSimulator: Using Simulations to Study Online Community Network Formation and Implications
Publication Type:
Conference PaperSource:
Proceedings of Communities and Technology 2007, p.28-38 (2007)URL:
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~ackerm/pub/07b42/CandT07.final.color.pdfKeywords:
CommunityNetworkSimulator, cscw, expertise finding, expertise location, online communities, social networksAbstract:
Help-seeking communities have been playing an increasingly critical role the way people seek and share information online, forming the basis for knowledge dissemination and accumulation.
Differing network structures and dynamics will affect possible algorithms that attempt to make use of these networks, but little is known of these impacts. Accordingly, we developed a CommunityNetSimulator (CNS), a simulator that combines various network models, as well as various new social network analysis techniques that are useful to study online community (or virtual organization) network formation and dynamics.