Activity lifespan: An analysis of user survival patterns in online knowledge sharing communities

ICWSM 2010 - Proceedings of the 4th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 186-193

  Yang, Jiang ^a   Wei, Xiao ^a   Ackerman, Mark S ^a   Adamic, Lada A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DESIGN IMPLICATIONS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; LIFE SPAN; ONLINE KNOWLEDGE SHARING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNDERLYING FACTORS; USER PARTICIPATION;

INFORMATION SERVICES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84890608635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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