Trust and compactness in social network groups

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 205-216

  De Meo, Pasquale ^a   Ferrara, Emilio ^b   Rosaci, Domenico ^c   Sarné, Giuseppe M L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; machine learning; multiagent systems; social network services; social trust

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

GROUP FORMATIONS; GROUP MEMBERS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SOCIAL GROUPS; SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES; SOCIAL TRUST;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 85027952562     PISSN: 21682267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2014.2323892     Document Type: Article

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