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Impact of heterogeneity and socioeconomic factors on individual behavior in decentralized sharing ecosystems

  • Dades identificatives

    Identificador: PC:1061
    Autors:
    Guimerà, R.Duch, J.Amaral, L.A.N.Bustamante, F.E.Sánchez, M.A.Otto, J.S.Choffnes, D.R.Gavaldà-Miralles, A.
    Resum:
    10.1073/pnas.1309389111
  • Altres:

    Autor segons l'article: Guimerà, R. Duch, J. Amaral, L.A.N. Bustamante, F.E. Sánchez, M.A. Otto, J.S. Choffnes, D.R. Gavaldà-Miralles, A.
    Departament: Enginyeria Química
    Autor/s de la URV: Arnau Gavaldà-Mirallesa, David R. Choffnes, John S. Otto, Mario A. Sánchez, Fabián E. Bustamante, Luís A. N. Amaral, Jordi Ducha, Roger Guimerà
    Resum: Tens of millions of individuals around the world use decentralized content distribution systems, a fact of growing social, economic, and technological importance. These sharing systems are poorly understood because, unlike in other technosocial systems, it is difficult to gather large-scale data about user behavior. Here, we investigate user activity patterns and the socioeconomic factors that could explain the behavior. Our analysis reveals that (i) the ecosystem is heterogeneous at several levels: content types are heterogeneous, users specialize in a few content types, and countries are heterogeneous in user profiles; and (ii) there is a strong correlation between socioeconomic indicators of a country and users behavior. Our findings open a research area on the dynamics of decentralized sharing ecosystems and the socioeconomic factors affecting them, and may have implications for the design of algorithms and for policymaking.
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 0027-8424
    Pàgina final: 15327
    Volum de revista: 111
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enllaç font original: http://www.pnas.org/content/111/43/15322
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    DOI de l'article: 10.1073/pnas.1309389111
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2014
    Pàgina inicial: 15322