Adaptive notifications to support knowledge sharing in close-knit virtual communities

User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 287-343

  Kleanthous Loizou, Styliani ^a,b   Dimitrova, Vania ^a,b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive support for knowledge sharing; Community modelling; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS; COMMON INTERESTS; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; SHARED MENTAL MODEL; SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE; TRANSACTIVE MEMORY; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84879693724     PISSN: 09241868     EISSN: 15731391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11257-012-9127-y     Document Type: Article

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