I currently study for a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering at the School of Electronics and Computer Science in the University of Southampton.
Rousseau et al’s definition of trust having researched scholarly articles from different disciplines is as follows, Trust is a psychological state comprising the intention to accept vulnerability based upon positive expectations of the intentions or behavior of another. Lewis and Weigert in their paper, Trust as a social reality saw trust as a sociological concept. We see that the… Read more →
Power is the ability to influence the behavior of people. Five bases of power as modeled by social psychologists John R. P. French and Bertram Raven, are Reward, Coercive, Legitimate, Referent and Expert power. Expert power can be exhibited by Skillted users. Expert power is based on the perception of knowledge. The perception of knowledge can be derived from the… Read more →
Non functional requirements in software specify the quality standards of a software [1]. The quality standards for Skillted are stated below and would be considered while developing the solution. 1. Performance Requirements The need for quality software to be fast and responsive cannot be overemphasized. The user should not have any disconcerting feeling while using the application due to slow… Read more →
Game theory is the study of how people act when presented with strategic situations. Game theory studies interactive decision-making. Game theory can also be viewed as analysis of the concepts used in social reasoning when dealing with situations of decision making and conflicts. It builds an abstract between theory and real life situations. A game is the environment where strategic… Read more →
To shed more light on the previous post, as to how graph theory can help inform better business decisions, more graph theory concepts that could relate to the Skillted network are elaborated upon. Triadic Closure Three nodes in a social network could exhibit the property known as Triadic closure. Triadic closure occurs when two of the three nodes happen… Read more →
A graph or network is a way of representing relationships among a collection of items[1]. A graph consists of nodes and edges, where the nodes are the items and the edges are the links between them. The number of nodes to which a node is connected is known as the degree of the node. When nodes with similar attributes are grouped… Read more →
Searching the web with phrase “skill barter” yields multiple results. The links below shed light on how people have found use for the age old system of good and service exchange, barter, in recent times. Entrepreneurs, small and medium scale business owners, students, foodies and even newly weds have found use for skills exchange. Non-existent budget? Grow your business by… Read more →
The Web has grown to become one of the basic necessities for at least 40% of the world population [1]. It has become part of our daily lives. We communicate with friends, family and coworkers, pay bills, buy products and services related to the traditional basic needs (food, shelter and clothing) through the web. The Web was developed by Sir… Read more →