Localization of information on communication networks of an open-source online community

Jianmei Yang, Hui Li, Hao Liao, Zheng He, Huijie Yang and Weicong Xie
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Jianmei Yang: School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
Hui Li: School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
Hao Liao: #x2021;Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Popular High Performance Computers, College of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Shenzhen University, Guangdong 518060, P. R. China
Zheng He: #x2020;School of Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
Huijie Yang: #xA7;Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
Weicong Xie: School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2017, vol. 28, issue 07, 1-14

Abstract: In order to study the information communication ability (i.e. information conductivity) of CodePlex C# community, an Open-Source Online Community (OSOC), we first construct the models of weighted communication networks in 11 periods for the community based on large-scale data collections. Then by using two ways of quantum mapping of complex networks, we analyze the localization properties of information on the maximum connected graphs (named as communication networks) of these weighted networks according to the idea of analyzing the localization properties of an electron on a large cluster. We draw the following conclusions. (1) CodePlex C# OSOC usually has information isolativity. (2) The community has some degree of information communication ability and the ability increases as time goes on. (3) The localization of information on the communication networks in any period induced by its structure is weaker than that induced by its structure together with the connection intensities between its nodes. (4) Our idea and methods can be used to analyze the information communication ability of other online communities.

Keywords: Localization; complex networks; quantum mapping; Open-Source Online Community; information insulativity or conductivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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