User Participation Simulation For Online Communities: System Dynamics and agent-based modeling - Brossura

Mao, Yan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 3639138848 ISBN 13: 9783639138849

Casa editrice: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

Riassunto

In recent years, extensive studies of manyinteresting aspects of online community dynamicspromoted a better understanding of this area. One ofthe most challenging problems facing builders ofonline communities is the design of incentivemechanisms that can ensure user participation.However, running online community experiments in thereal world is expensive, and requires a great deal ofmotivation from users.In this thesis two major approaches are explored:system dynamics modeling and agent-based modeling, tosimulate the overall behaviours of participants inonline communities. Although these models aredeveloped by using two different methodologies, bothof them can provide insights into the user motivationprocess, incentive mechanism evaluation and communitydevelopment. The target online community for my studyis called Comtella, which is used in several seniorComputer Science classes in the Department ofComputer Science, University of Saskatchewan.Simulation models for the Comtella online communityhave been developed and the simulation results areuseful to provide future directions for incentivemechanism improvement.

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L'autore

Master of Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 2005-2008 Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China, 2001 – 2005

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3639138848
• ISBN 13: 9783639138849
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 156
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile