A Simple Model of Knowledge Scaffolding Applied to Wikipedia Growth
We illustrate a simple model of knowledge scaffolding, based on the process of building a corpus of knowledge, each item of which is linked to “previous” ones. The basic idea is that the relationships among the items of corpus can be essentially drawn as an acyclic network, in which topmost contribu...
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| description | We illustrate a simple model of knowledge scaffolding, based on the process of building a corpus of knowledge, each item of which is linked to “previous” ones. The basic idea is that the relationships among the items of corpus can be essentially drawn as an acyclic network, in which topmost contributions are “derived” from items at lower levels. When a new item is added to the corpus, we impose a limit to the maximum unit increase (i.e., “jumps”) of knowledge. We analyzed the time growth of the corpus (number of items) and the maximum knowledge, both showing a power law. Another result was that the number of “holes” in the knowledge corpus always remains limited. Our model can be used as a rough approximation to the asymptotic growth of Wikipedia, and indeed, actual data show a certain resemblance with our model. Assuming that the user base is growing, at beginning, in an exponential way, one can also recover the early phases of Wikipedia growth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fcf220d49a814923aad1f5a7af31714a2023-11-16T20:37:50ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032023-02-011526710.3390/fi15020067A Simple Model of Knowledge Scaffolding Applied to Wikipedia GrowthFranco Bagnoli0Guido de Bonfioli Cavalcabo’1Department of Physics and Astronomy and CSDC, University of Florence, Via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, ItalyDepartment of Physics and Astronomy and CSDC, University of Florence, Via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, ItalyWe illustrate a simple model of knowledge scaffolding, based on the process of building a corpus of knowledge, each item of which is linked to “previous” ones. The basic idea is that the relationships among the items of corpus can be essentially drawn as an acyclic network, in which topmost contributions are “derived” from items at lower levels. When a new item is added to the corpus, we impose a limit to the maximum unit increase (i.e., “jumps”) of knowledge. We analyzed the time growth of the corpus (number of items) and the maximum knowledge, both showing a power law. Another result was that the number of “holes” in the knowledge corpus always remains limited. Our model can be used as a rough approximation to the asymptotic growth of Wikipedia, and indeed, actual data show a certain resemblance with our model. Assuming that the user base is growing, at beginning, in an exponential way, one can also recover the early phases of Wikipedia growth.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/2/67Wikipediaknowledge organizationscaffolding modelknowledge modellingknowledge visualizationknowledge graph |
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| title | A Simple Model of Knowledge Scaffolding Applied to Wikipedia Growth |
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| title_short | A Simple Model of Knowledge Scaffolding Applied to Wikipedia Growth |
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| topic | Wikipedia knowledge organization scaffolding model knowledge modelling knowledge visualization knowledge graph |
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