The search for relevant information is often hindered by the initial difficulty in formulating precise requests, and because much knowledge is actually tacit and thus not easily ac...
In [7], we reported on our experience in building Collaborative Mobile Virtual Communities (CMVC) on the Web. In [8], we proposed a finite state machine model and a new approach t...
The advent of Web technology has enabled new ways in which groups of people may interact, leading to the development of online communities. In an academic environment these virtua...
Since its inception, the Internet has served as a virtual meeting place for people sharing common interests. These electronically supported interest groups are nowadays called Vir...
This paper describes a program of research designed to understand how knowledge-sharing and learning can be supported in virtual communities. To conduct this research, we propose ...
Michael Bieber, Il Im, Ronald E. Rice, Ricki Goldm...