Context based user ranking in forums for expert finding using WordNet dictionary and social network analysis

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-63

  Omidvar, Amin ^a   Garakani, Mehdi ^a   Safarpour, Hamid R ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Expert finding; Link analysis; Online forums; WordNet dictionary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894610660     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-013-0173-x     Document Type: Article

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