Social capital modeling in virtual communities Bayesian belief network approaches /

• Main Author: Daniel, Ben Kei, 1971-
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Social capital (Sociology); Community development.; Technology > Social aspects.; Online social networks.; Approaches for measuring social capital; Bayesian belief network; Computational model of social capital; Construction of Bayesian models; Model validation; Sensitivity analysis; Social capital in virtual communities; Social capital use-case application areas; Social computing and social software; Social computing and virtual communities; Theory and application of social capital; Trust and social capital
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Throughout history, the permeation of new technologies have assisted communities in their aim to collectively work together in addressing shared problems for the attainment of specific goals and outcomes. This book broadly examines what constitutes social capital in geographical communities and offe...

Table of Contents:

• The roots of communities and social capital
• Conceptual and theoretical foundations of social capital
• Social capital use-case application areas
• Approaches for measuring social capital
• Trust and social capital
• Social computing and social software
• Virtual communities
• Knowledge and knowledge sharing in virtual communities
• Foundations of social modelling
• Overview of Bayesian belief network
• Construction of Bayesian models
• A computational model of social capital
• Sensitivity analysis
• Model validation
• Conclusion, book limitations and future directions.