Monitoring the ‘Enlaces’ educational computer network

The use of networks in education is experiencing world-wide growth. Many schools have taken advantage of the reduction of price in modems, the emergence of electronic bulletin boards and world-wide web pages with educational content, and the availability of software for public participation in networks. Nevertheless, little information is available about the quality and quantity of existing network traffic; information that would allow organizations, network project administrators and supporters, to evaluate its impact, know its usage, evolution and projections. This paper presents some of the traffic monitoring mechanisms presently in use in a Chilean educational network (the Enlaces Project), together with examples of the information collected through these mechanisms.     

Weak Ties in Networked Communities

Communities with high levels of social capital are likely to have a higher quality of life than communities with low social capital. This is due to the greater ability of such communities to organize and mobilize effectively for collective action because they have high levels of social trust, dense social networks, and well-established norms of mutuality (the major features of social capital). Communities with “bridging” social capital (weak ties across groups) as well as “bonding” social capital (strong ties within groups) are the most effective in organizing for collective action. People who belong to multiple groups act as bridging ties. When people with bridging ties use communication media, such as the Internet, they enhance their capability to educate community members and to organize, as needed, for collective action. This article summarizes evidence from stratified household survey data in Blacksburg, VA, showing that people with weak (bridging) ties across groups have higher levels of community involvement, civic interest, and collective efficacy than people without bridging ties among groups. Moreover, heavy Internet users with bridging ties have higher social engagement, use the Internet for social purposes, and have been attending more local meetings and events since going online than heavy Internet users with no bridging ties. These findings may suggest that the Internet—in the hands of bridging individuals-is a tool for enhancing social relations and information exchange, and for increasing face-to-face interaction, all of which help to build both bonding and bridging social capital in communities.     

企业网络与中小企业成长的关系研究

企业网络是中小企业获取资源的重要组织模式,该文主要研究不同类型企业网络对中小企业成长的影响,并对不同类型企业网络之间的相互关系进行探讨。首先,该文基于企业网络的资源贡献维度将中小企业网络细分为社交网络、声誉网络、合作竞争网络、营销网络和技术合作网络五类,在此基础上提出一个企业网络与中小企业成长的关系模型。随后,通过对我国东北地区中小企业的实证研究,对该文提出的模型及假设进行验证。结论指出营销网络和技术合作网络是中小企业成长的直接推动力,而声誉网络会降低中小企业的成长性,社交网络和合作竞争网络对中小企业的成长并无直接作用。其中,社交网络和声誉网络会影响其他类型网络的发展,是中小企业网络集形成和发展的基础。     

Social networks and coordination performance of distributed software development teams

In this study, we explore the coordination performance of the geographically distributed software development teams by exploring OSS (Open Source Software) development dataset available through SourceForge.com. OSS team structures have traditionally been geographically dispersed and therefore, the coordination of post release activities such as testing efforts have been carried out by means of communication via electronic forms, such as email or message boards and forums. In our current communication-enriched environment, best practices for coordination are adopted by all software projects yet some still fail to achieve their target performance. Does team structure have any bearing on the performance outcome of the project? How does the communication between teams and their external parties affect ultimate success or failure of projects? We seek to answer above questions by applying existing theories and analytical methods from social networks for exploring the coordination performance of defect management activities found in OSS projects. We propose social networks based theoretical model for exploring distributed coordination structure and apply that for the case of OSS defect management process for exploring the structural properties, which induce the greatest coordination performance. The outcome of our suggest that there is correlation between certain network measures such as density, centrality and betweenness and coordination performance measures of defect management systems such as quality and timeliness.     

同构型知识基础合作研发伙伴的优势

在专利竞赛的压力下,企业普遍选择知识基础多元化、网络化路线。基于汽车产业1999—2010年专利数据和负二项混合回归模型的实证研究表明,企业自身知识基础多元化与创新产出正相关,而自身知识基础网络密度与创新产出负相关;合作研发伙伴知识基础多元化正向调节自身知识基础多元化,合作研发伙伴知识基础网络密度正向调节自身知识基础网络密度。同构型合作研发伙伴有利于企业自身吸收能力的释放,对于提升其创新产出更有优势。     

交流可见度视角下在线知识共享网络用户认知和情感研究

[目的/意义]探索不同交流可见度环境对在线知识共享网络用户认知和情感的影响,旨在推动知识共享和知识创新实践。[方法/过程]利用质性研究方法开展研究,先设计了访谈提纲,然后利用访谈法搜集数据,再利用主题分析法分析数据。[结果/结论]分析了匿名环境和实名环境对用户认知和情感的影响,识别了7个主题;分析了即时交流环境和非即时交流环境对用户认知和情感的影响,识别了5个主题;分析了一对一、多对多、大众传播、一对多交流可见度环境对用户认知和情感的影响,识别了7个主题;分析了知识搜寻行为可见/不可见的交流环境对用户认知和情感的影响,识别了4个主题。文章为在线知识共享网络用户研究提供了新视角。     

基于贝叶斯网络的脆弱性状态评估方法

对网络安全性的量化评估问题是目前网络安全领域的研究热点之一。通过对现有的网络安全模型及量化分析方法的研究和比较,针对影响网络安全性的各项因素的全面脆弱性评估,提出了网络可靠度、脆弱点关键度、脆弱性状态图最低阶最小路集和最低阶最小割集4个具体的评估指标,将基于贝叶斯网络的计算方法引入脆弱性评估中,提出了量化评估计算方法。在此基础上构建了网络实例,使用SPIN验证工具对网络攻击进行模拟并对提出的评估指标及算法进行了分析验证。实验结果表明,文中提出的算法和评估指标集能够正确地量化反映网络的安全状态。     

地方本科院校校园广播网络建设的探讨——以凯里学院为例

对传统校园广播网络的优缺点进行分析,比较当今各大厂家推出的各种校园广播网络方案,从地方本科院校的实际出发,提出地方本科院校校园广播网络的建设思路：采用数字音频广播网络技术的专业智能广播软件实现自动化播音和智能化管理,利用有线电视调频智能广播网络连接校区的各个功能区,在各功能区采用传统广播网络广播.     

旅游特征产业的关联与波及效应——福建省旅游卫星账户(2007)的构建与实践

作为科学测度旅游经济的有效工具,旅游卫星账户的构建有助于系统地分析旅游产业的构成及其经济特征。福建省2007年旅游产业的结构呈现出较强的梯度特征,产业的增加值系数高,但不同产业之间的增值能力差异大,投入结构高度硬化,产业间技术经济联系密切,产业的波及效应超过社会的平均水平,对国民经济的拉动作用较强。     

A new solution to wireless sensor network density control problem

1 Introduction a At present, the research work on wireless sensor networks is based on the assumption that the energy of a sensor node is provided by the battery and can not be regenerated. The lifetime of the node is limited and ephemeral. Hence research…