Assessing the value of cooperation in Wikipedia

First Monday

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Wilkinson, Dennis M ^a   Huberman, Bernardo A ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 34247131197     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v12i4.1763     Document Type: Article

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