Open AccessIdentifying the Networks of Mobile Application Services
Author(s) -
Jieun Kim,
Hakyeon Lee
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jurnal teknologi/jurnal teknologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2180-3722
pISSN - 0127-9696
DOI - 10.11113/jt.v64.2239
Subject(s) - computer science , service (business) , mobile service , mobile apps , mobile technology , mobile device , mobile computing , mobile qos , world wide web , computer network , business , service provider , marketing
The mobile service industry has recently moved into a new epoch due to the explosive growth in mobile application services available at “App Stores”. This research empirically analyzes the interrelationships among the mobile application services to characterize their structures and identify local positions. Particularly, this paper develops mobile application service network through a text-mining based network analysis using the descriptions posted in App Store to visualize inter-service relationships and gauge structural and positional properties. It can be helpful to understand the relationships and sectoral characteristics of mobile services in terms of contents and functionalities in App Store.