A System Dynamics Model to Find Optimal Policies for competition and Development of Online Question and Answer Knowledge Markets

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Amani, Elnaz | 2014

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 45813 (01)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Industrial Engineering
Advisor(s): Kianfar, Farhad
Abstract:
Knowledge markets where knowledge transactions take place are today see increasingly expansion by influences of the Internet and the importance of knowledge. A competitive space, thus, has been placed among different enterprises step in knowledge markets. With no exception to this general rule, one of these markets covers online question – answer knowledge market. Google Answers is a proposed website in this area which, although being of interest in recent decades, its activities ended in 2006 for several reasons. Significantly, these markets consist of many factors with interrelated effects on each other and this leads to complexity of systems. Therefore, in order to study these markets, it is necessary to model and analyze them through a systematic and holistic approach. After Google Answers ended, some researchers established Uclue website. In this thesis, a model is proposed for this website by a systematic approach using the System Dynamics methodology. When a structural analysis for the system, some recommendations are provided for useful policy-making on this website based on experiences gained from research on Google Answers and its performance
Keywords:
System Dynamic ; Knowledge Market ; Question-Answer Market ; Behavioral Analysis

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