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- 944 creator david-anderson.
- 944 creator oded-nov.
- 944 creator ofer-arazy.
- 944 type InProceedings.
- 944 label "Volunteer computing: a model of the factors determining contribution to community-based scientific research".
- 944 sameAs 944.
- 944 abstract "Volunteer computing is a powerful way to harness distributed resources to perform large-scale tasks, similarly to other types of community-based initiatives. Volunteer computing is based on two pillars: the first is computational – allocating and managing large computing tasks; the second is participative – making large numbers of individuals volunteer their computer resources to a project. While the computational aspects of volunteer computing received much research attention, the participative aspect remains largely unexplored. In this study we aim to address this gap: by drawing on social psychology and online communities research, we develop and test a three-dimensional model of the factors determining volunteer computing users’ contribution. We investigate one of the largest volunteer computing projects – SETI@home - by linking survey data about contributors’ motivations to their activity logs. Our findings highlight the differences between volunteer computing and other forms of community-based projects, and reveal the intricate relationship between individual motivations, social affiliation, tenure in the project, and resource contribution. Implications for research and practice are discussed.".
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- 944 keyword "Use of social networks".
- 944 keyword "communities for collaborative content".
- 944 keyword "tag creation".
- 944 title "Volunteer computing: a model of the factors determining contribution to community-based scientific research".