Implementing optimal outcomes in social computing: A game-theoretic approach

WWW'12 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on World Wide Web

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 539-548

  Ghosh, Arpita ^a   Hummel, Patrick ^a  

^a YAHOO RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Implementation; Online Q A forums; Social computing; User generated content (UGC)

Indexed keywords

GAME-THEORETIC; IMPERFECT RANKING; IMPLEMENTABILITY; IMPLEMENTATION; OPTIMAL REWARD; SOCIAL COMPUTING; SYMMETRIC EQUILIBRIUM; USER-GENERATED CONTENT;

DESIGN; GAME THEORY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84860851528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2187836.2187910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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