Multi-mediated community structure in a socio-technical network

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 43-53

  Suthers, Dan ^a   Chu, Kar Hai ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

community structure; distributed learning; networked learning; social network analysis; socio technical networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING; NETWORKED LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIOTECHNICAL;

DIRECTED GRAPHS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 84864699947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2330601.2330618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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