A Product Line Architecture for Word-of-Mouth Social Software
M. Bharath Kumar and Srikanta J. Bedathur
IISc-CSA-TR-2004-11
(October 2004) Available formats: [pdf]
Filed on October 15, 2004
Updated on October 16, 2004
A social network is the pattern of friendship, advice, communication or
support which exists among the members of a social system. Several
researchers have studied the flow of information in a social network
through the word-of-mouth phenomenon, and have shown that it is pervasive
in many aspects. We extend this phenomenon to virtual societies formed
over the Internet, assisting the natural social information filtering
process. We present Metavines, a product line architecture, which
facilitates rapid development of many flavors of such social software. The
underlying model of Metavines allows, (i) speedy dissemination of ranked,
relevant information, (ii) assessment of the social neighborhood in terms
of past interactions, and (iii) evolution of social networks by bringing
people of similar interest together. In order to study the efficacy of
this approach, we have developed and deployed a URL dissemination software
called Webvines, based on the Metavines architecture. We also discuss our
initial experiences with Webvines.
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