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

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    Identificador: PC:1061
  • Autores:

    Guimerà, R.
    Duch, J.
    Amaral, L.A.N.
    Bustamante, F.E.
    Sánchez, M.A.
    Otto, J.S.
    Choffnes, D.R.
    Gavaldà-Miralles, A.
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    Autor según el artículo: Guimerà, R. Duch, J. Amaral, L.A.N. Bustamante, F.E. Sánchez, M.A. Otto, J.S. Choffnes, D.R. Gavaldà-Miralles, A.
    Departamento: Enginyeria Química
    Autor/es 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
    Resumen: 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.
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 0027-8424
    Página final: 15327
    Volumen de revista: 111
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: http://www.pnas.org/content/111/43/15322
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    DOI del artículo: 10.1073/pnas.1309389111
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2014
    Página inicial: 15322