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Affinity to infinity in peer-to-peer knowledge platforms
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Volume 46 ,  Issue 5  (May 2003) table of contents
Wireless networking security
Pages: 76 - 80  
Year of Publication: 2003
ISSN:0001-0782
Author
Amrit Tiwana  Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

Adapting the social paradigm of face-to-face human communication, they promote ad hoc knowledge exchange among peers, leveraging individual expertise at the periphery of the network.


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