Statistical modelling of information sharing: Community, membership, and content

Performance Evaluation

Volumn 62, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 17-31

  Ng, W Y ^a   Lin, W K ^a   Chiu, D M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Club formation; Dynamic equilibrium; Information sharing; Peer to peer systems; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLUB FORMATION; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; INFORMATION SHARING; PEER-TO-PEER SYSTEMS;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 24144438662     PISSN: 01665316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peva.2005.07.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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