Small worlds: the dynamics of networks between order and randomness
Small worlds: the dynamics of networks between order and randomness
Proceedings of the 9th international World Wide Web conference on Computer networks : the international journal of computer and telecommunications netowrking
The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
The Rise of the Network Society
The Rise of the Network Society
Knowledge and Organization: A Social-Practice Perspective
Organization Science
Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek
Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek
Technological Communities and Networks: Origins, Evolution, Action and Stucture (Routledge Studies in Business Organization and Networks)
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Two network topology models, 'small-world' and 'scale-free' networks, have been recently introduced by physicists and mathematicians, generating a growing interest from the natural and social scientists interested in the dynamics of networks and related communities. In this paper, we analyse the structure of the questioning and replying network in a very large internet technical community, China Software Development Net (CSDN). CSDN is the biggest Chinese language software technical forum, with over one million registered members by early 2006. Our findings indicate that the CSDN network presents both small-world and scale-free properties. The technology and knowledge management implications for this network structure are discussed with respect to the technical knowledge and innovation diffusion in large technological communities.