The web has evolved from a piece of software code into an interdependent techno-social
system of multi-purpose functionalities. From an interlinked bulletin board with low levels of …

The Web initially emerged as an “antidote” to accumulated scientific knowledge, since it
enables global representation and communication at a minimum cost. Its gigantic scale and …

This paper presents two cases of real banks operating in metaverses, and more specifically
within Second Life, in order to highlight the potential of such worlds as business and …

An increasing amount of research papers is devoted in modeling Web functions. This effort
is coming from many diverse disciplines like Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics …

Abstract Knowledge could be considered as the most critical dual factor—input and output—
in production and scientific processes. Strategic and influential use of Information and …

In 2010, Web users ordered, only in Amazon, 73 items per second and massively contribute
reviews about their consuming experience. As the Web matures and becomes social and …

Today, utility computing and Computing on Demand (CoD) could be parallelized to Grid
computing because the latter is the best available technology to enable computing power as …

In 2010, Web users ordered, only in Amazon, 73 items per second and massively contribute
reviews about their consuming experience. As the Web matures and becomes social and …

The present paper argues that CI could offer useful input in the Web science paradigm by
providing theoretical and practical examples in socio-technical applications. Specifically, we …

The production of scientific knowledge is basically devised in disciplines. The emergence of
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has not yet reduced the dichotomy …