The relationship between financial incentives and performance, long of interest to social scientists, has gained new relevance with the advent of web-based “crowd-sourcing” mo...
Abstract. The success of recent Web 2.0 platforms shows that people share information and resources within their social community and beyond. The use of these platforms in an e-lea...
Fabian Abel, Ivana Marenzi, Wolfgang Nejdl, Sergej...
Journals, letters, and other writings are of great value to historians and those who research their own family history; however, it can be difficult to find writings by specific...
Douglas J. Kennard, William B. Lund, Bryan S. Mors...
Abstract. Collaborative search engines (CSE) let users pool their resources and share their experiences when seeking information on the web. However, when shared, search terms and ...
Active participation of a person in a community is a powerful indicator of the person's interests, preferences, beliefs and (often) social and demographic context. Community m...