Network effect āIn the case of a social network, the interaction may occur between any pair of nodes, and the probability of a person joining a social network is highly dependent upon the probability of his friends being a part of the social network as well.ā (Aggarwal, Charu and Philip, 2012:147). The probability of a user using an application depends… Read more →
The full survey results can be found at https://www.isurvey.soton.ac.uk under the data and participants tabs. Attached here is the results document. A brief summary is as follows: Executive Summary Almost two thirds of respondents report having been unable to find the right place for their perfect experience (64%), and 93% agree that they would like to be able to find… Read more →
In response to group discussions, the closing date for the SCENE survey has been brought forward to 9th April 2015 in order that the results can be analysed and the findings incorporated into the business model effectively.
Below is the use case diagram that shows a high level overview of users interactions with SCENE app. Ā The diagram will be updated as Ā application requirements and specifications change.
This document gives an overview of how exactly SCENE works and how that sits within the business context. It is a working document intended for revisions and comments as decided.
Development: The iSurvey was discussed and developed during the group meeting. A more extensive and complete Participation Information section was added to the survey. A number of questions were amended, deleted or added in line with group discussions. Parallels with existing social surveys were considered as a way to model questions and compare results with a wider sample size –… Read more →
ERGO ethics approval was received on 23rd March 2015 as follows: Submission Number: 14244 Submission Name: Science of Social Networks Group 2 Project – Scene This is email is to let you know your submission was approved by the Ethics Committee. Comments 1.Risk is minimal, so happy to approve.
This post outlines the cost estimation details with regards to developing the application. It should be noted that these estimations are based on full development and deployment of Scene. They should only be considered once market research has indicated a need for the application and the expenditure can be justified (for example, advanced contracts with potential advertisers). Furthermore, the options… Read more →
Today was a brief meeting as a few people are on holiday. Topics discussed: Received ERGO approval so we can send our survey to our willing participants. How to deal with under 18’s data. This was a long discussion about the legal ramifications of using the detail of minors. We considered restricting the app to 18+ to remove that… Read more →
This was an impromptu meeting at the start of Easter as we happened to be around. Topics discussed were: Autogenerating RDF triples through the app to map “level 10 foodies” of particular age within a semantically linked ontology. Affiliation model might not work if we crowdsource ratings. The advertising model may be more applicable The semantic database could target… Read more →