2 papers
cs.NI2005
Club Formation by Rational Sharing : Content, Viability and Community Structure
W. -Y. Ng, D. M. Chiu, W. K. Lin
A sharing community prospers when participation and contribution are both high. We suggest the two, while being related decisions every peer makes, should be given separate rationa…
cs.NI2005
Statistical Modelling of Information Sharing: Community, Membership and Content
W. -Y. Ng, W. K. Lin, D. M. Chiu
File-sharing systems, like many online and traditional information sharing communities (e.g. newsgroups, BBS, forums, interest clubs), are dynamical systems in nature. As peers get…