Formalizing the evolution of virtual communities

Information Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-247

  de Moor, Aldo ^a   Weigand, Hans ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conversations for specification; Specification process model; Theory of communicative action; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SPECIFICATIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONVERSATIONS FOR SPECIFICATIONS; SPECIFICATION PROCESS MODEL; THEORY OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTION;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 33751247617     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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