The quark and the jaguar: adventures in the simple and the complex
The quark and the jaguar: adventures in the simple and the complex
Dynamics of complex systems
Understanding agent systems
A Roadmap of Agent Research and Development
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Agent-Based Modeling vs. Equation-Based Modeling: A Case Study and Users' Guide
Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation
The Nature and Determinants of IT Acceptance, Routinization, and Infusion
Proceedings of the IFIP TC8 Working Conference on Diffusion, Transfer and Implementation of Information Technology
Complexity Theory and Organization Science
Organization Science
Application of Complexity Theory to Organization Science
Organization Science
Slash(dot) and burn: distributed moderation in a large online conversation space
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Agent learning in supplier selection models
Decision Support Systems - Special issue: Decision theory and game theory in agent design
Oh behave! agent-based behavioral representations in problem solving environments
Future Generation Computer Systems
He says, she says: conflict and coordination in Wikipedia
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Temporal Analysis of the Wikigraph
WI '06 Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence
Quantitative analysis of thewikipedia community of users
Proceedings of the 2007 international symposium on Wikis
Cooperation and quality in wikipedia
Proceedings of the 2007 international symposium on Wikis
Communications of the ACM
Adoption and diffusion of knowledge management systems: field studies of factors and variables
Knowledge-Based Systems
Challenging research issues in data mining, databases and information retrieval
ACM SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter
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Wikipedia, the user led and monitored "open" encyclopedia has been an undoubted popular success. Of particular interest are the diffusion process of the innovation throughout the "contributor" community, and the question as to why unpaid, often well qualified, volunteers contribute content and time. Explanations for 'altruistic' contributor behavior based on the positivistic paradigm, and with roots in organizational psychology, while heavily researched and documented, have not been readily transferable to quantitative models of sufficient predictive value, in relation to Wikipedia's metrics. For despite the wide range of types, ages, locations and motivations of its contributors and seekers, investigators on Wikipedia have identified certain definite and often surprisingly universal trends ('laws') in its overall growth curve, organization structure, community and article formation. Models based on aggregated top-level relationships between entities on and around wikipedia suffer from assuming relationships between these entities as inputs to the wikipedia process, rather than emergent phenomena that evolve and change with the output. We argue for an Agent Based Model of Wikipedia, with the end objective of our work being a tool with diagnostic and/or prescriptive value for decision makers in organizations using or planning to use Knowledge Management Systems.