Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7377188 | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | 2016 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
We study human behavior in terms of the inter-event time distribution of revision behavior on Wikipedia, an online collaborative encyclopedia. We observe a double power law distribution for the inter-editing behavior at the population level and a single power law distribution at the individual level. Although interactions between users are indirect or moderate on Wikipedia, we determine that the synchronized editing behavior among users plays a key role in determining the slope of the tail of the double power law distribution.
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Authors
Okyu Kwon, Woo-Sik Son, Woo-Sung Jung,