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The paper will present the results of an empirical research dealing with the concept of virtual individual networks. This is a special case of social computing, in what it focuses on the concept of networking but from the point of view of an individual who is engaged in social relations (i.e., networking, indeed). The emphasis is also more on the social needs of individuals while networking and not so much on the technology tout court, although, of course, the identification of the individual social needs while networking will be used to define the requirements of the technology that might be used to this end.
An erratum to this chapter can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11915034_125.
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Calvi, L. (2006). Virtual Individual Networks: A Case Study. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z., Herrero, P. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2006: OTM 2006 Workshops. OTM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4277. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11915034_44
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