Social Q&A

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2301-2312

  Gazan, Rich ^a  

^a University of Hawai'i at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANSWER CLASSIFICATION; GAME-THEORETIC MODEL; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; USER SATISFACTION; USER-GENERATED CONTENT; WEB 2.0;

GAME THEORY; REFINING; USER INTERFACES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 80755153683     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21562     Document Type: Review

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