Rim chain: Bridge the provision and demand among the crowd

Abstract

Science of the Crowd is a new paradigm. The research on the relationship between provision and demand arising from the behavior of the crowd under the interconnected environment is a promising topic. This study is a pioneer work on the establishment of a new type of interconnected architecture - rim chain. The rim chain framework aims at supporting prompt matching between provision and requirements. The analytical results suggest that requirements can be fulfilled in accordance with six degrees of separation. In other word, the matching between the demands and provision takes place with six hops in the rim chain framework. Improved top-k method is employed to obtain the matching results. Last but not least, the efficiency of the method is validated.