A Dynamic Feedback Framework for Studying Growth Policies in Open Online Collaboration Communities

10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 2744-2754

  Diker, Vedat G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative content development; feedback dynamics; online communities; open source; simulation; system dynamics; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPEN SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATIVE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT; CONTENTS DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMIC FEEDBACK; FEEDBACK DYNAMIC; ON-LINE COLLABORATIONS; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; OPEN-SOURCE; SIMULATION; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 63449091359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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