Understanding Task-driven Information Flow in Collaborative Networks

• Main Authors: MIAO, Gengxin, TAO, Shu, CHENG, Winnie, Moulic, Randy, Moser, Louise E., LO, David, YAN, Xifeng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Information Flow; Collaborative Networks; Social Routing; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1536; http://www2012.wwwconference.org/proceedings/proceedings/p849.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Collaborative networks are a special type of social network formed by members who collectively achieve specific goals, such as fixing software bugs and resolving customers’ problems. In such networks, information flow among members is driven by the tasks assigned to the network, and by the expertise...