Viable web communities: Two case studies

Understanding Complex Systems

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages 75-105

  Taraborelli, Dario ^a   Roth, Camille ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

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EID: 80054760355     PISSN: 18600832     EISSN: 18600840     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20423-4_4     Document Type: Article

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