Searching for expertise in social networks: A simulation of potential strategies

Proceedings of the International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 71-80

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Ackerman, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer supported cooperative work; CSCW; Expertise finding; Expertise location; Expertise sharing; Information seeking; Organizational simulations; Social computing; Social networks

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; EXPERTISE SHARING; ORGANIZATIONAL SIMULATION; SEARCHING ENGINE; SEARCHING STRATEGY; SOCIAL COMPUTING; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

GROUPWARE; INFORMATION USE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77950322772     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1099203.1099214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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