A social recommender mechanism for improving knowledge sharing in online forums

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 978-994

  Li, Yung Ming ^a   Liao, Tzu Fong ^a   Lai, Cheng Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Expert finding; Knowledge sharing; Online forums; Recommender systems; Semantic analysis; Social relation

Indexed keywords

EXPERT FINDING; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ONLINE FORUMS; SEMANTIC ANALYSIS; SOCIAL RELATIONS;

MARKOV PROCESSES; RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864281675     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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