A knowledge collaboration network model across disciplines

  • Authors:

  • Anna Nagurney;Qiang Qiang

  • Affiliations:

  • Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts;Management Division, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies, Malvern, Pennsylvania

  • Venue:
  • SBP'10 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

We propose a theoretical framework for the optimal collaboration among researchers in a knowledge network in which researchers are not limited to a single discipline and in which multiple modes of communication, including communication via the Internet, are available. We introduce a novel concept of distance to measure not only the communication distance but also the distance between disciplines. We formulate the knowledge network collaboration model as a variational inequality problem whose solution yields the optimal allocation of effort/time of the researchers as well as the associated opportunity costs.