Analyzing the dynamics of community formation using brokering activities

Proceedings of the 3rd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 463-477

  Trier, Matthias ^a   Bobrik, Annette ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COLLABORATION; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; GROUP FORMATIONS; RELATED WORKS; SOCIAL SOFTWARE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84857964733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-905-7_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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