Dynamics of conflicts in wikipedia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Yasseri, Taha ^a   Sumi, Robert ^a   Rung, András ^a   Kornai, András ^a,b   Kertész, János ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; ONLINE ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; INTERNET;

EID: 84862695008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038869     Document Type: Article

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