The trustworthiness assessment on contribution behaviors of users in open encyclopedia

Abstract

Abstract: Open encyclopedia, the most important reference source on Internet, has attracted large-scale participation of contributors; however, it lacks systematically automatic assessment on credibility of user contribution behaviors. Using trust computing for reference, the paper put forward an assessment approach based on indirect feedback, which used clausal text analysis method and took editing history records as data source to design some quantifiable assessment indexes such as feedback values between users and the ratio of remainder to original. It designed an algorithm process step by step to accomplish systematically automatic assessment on credibility of user contribution behaviors. The empirical analysis based on Wikipedia open source data indicates the feasibility of our assessment approach and the practical significance of the assessment results.

Key words: user contribution behaviors, trustworthiness assessment, open encyclopedia, indirect feedback, Wikipedia

CLC Number:

C931.9

Zhang Weiwei, Cui Weijun, Shan Haiyan. The trustworthiness assessment on contribution behaviors of users in open encyclopedia[J]. Science Research Management, 2015, 36(3): 152-160.

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