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Agent-Based Network Infrastructure for E-Communities

M. Mari (Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy), A. Poggi (Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy) and M. Tomaiuolo (Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy)

Source Title: Virtual Communities: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-100-3.ch203

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Virtual communities represent the gathering of people, in an online “space” where they come, communicate, connect, and get to know each other better over time. Virtual communities can be created for different purposes moving from the simple socialization among people to the collaboration among remote people working on shared projects.

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