A methodology for creating sustainable communities based on dynamic factors in virtual environments

Fachrunnisa, O; Hussain, FK

A methodology for creating sustainable communities based on dynamic factors in virtual environments

Fachrunnisa, O Hussain, FK

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Publisher:: Inderscience Publishers
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal of Electronic Business, 2020, 15, (2), pp. 133-159
Issue Date:: 2020-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Fachrunnisa, O
dc.contributor.author	Hussain, FK
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-17T03:45:46Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-17T03:45:46Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Electronic Business, 2020, 15, (2), pp. 133-159
dc.identifier.issn	1470-6067
dc.identifier.issn	1741-5063
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/143329
dc.description.abstract	Copyright © 2020 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. A virtual community is one of communities that exist in an internet economy; however, little research has been conducted on how to make it sustainable. We propose a methodology for creating sustainable virtual communities which depends on the community’s respond to the dynamic factors in its environment such as number of members, shared contents and interaction rules. The methodology proposes the use of iterative negotiation and a panel of expert agents to assess the quality of service (QoS) delivered. This QoS assessment is based on an interaction agreement between the community members and expert agent as the administrator’s representative. The administrators use this QoS assessment to determine whether an individual’s membership will be renewed or terminated after a certain period of time. We present a metric to measure the sustainability index and demonstrate the validity of the methodology by engineering a prototype setup and running simulations under various operational conditions.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Inderscience Publishers
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Electronic Business
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1504/IJEB.2020.106504
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	0806 Information Systems, 1503 Business and Management
dc.title	A methodology for creating sustainable communities based on dynamic factors in virtual environments
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	15
utslib.for	0806 Information Systems
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - AAII - Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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dc.date.updated	2020-10-17T03:45:22Z
pubs.issue	2
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	15
utslib.citation.issue	2

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Copyright © 2020 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. A virtual community is one of communities that exist in an internet economy; however, little research has been conducted on how to make it sustainable. We propose a methodology for creating sustainable virtual communities which depends on the community’s respond to the dynamic factors in its environment such as number of members, shared contents and interaction rules. The methodology proposes the use of iterative negotiation and a panel of expert agents to assess the quality of service (QoS) delivered. This QoS assessment is based on an interaction agreement between the community members and expert agent as the administrator’s representative. The administrators use this QoS assessment to determine whether an individual’s membership will be renewed or terminated after a certain period of time. We present a metric to measure the sustainability index and demonstrate the validity of the methodology by engineering a prototype setup and running simulations under various operational conditions.

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