Wikis as digital ecosystems: An analysis based on authorship

2009 3rd IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, DEST '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 581-586

  Biuk Aghai, Robert P ^a   Tang, Libby Veng Sam ^a   Fong, Simon ^a   Si, Yain Whar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Analysis; Co authorship; Collaborative writing; Digital ecosystem; Wiki

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; WEBSITES;

ANALYSIS; CO-AUTHORSHIPS; COLLABORATIVE WRITING; DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM; WIKI;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 71649110514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DEST.2009.5276695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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