Microsoft Corporation
GENERATION OF RECOMMENDED ACTIONS BASED ON STRENGTH AND DIVERSITY OF COLLABORATION IN A USER NETWORK

Abstract:

The disclosure herein describes improving collaboration between users in a user network based on collaboration strength and collaboration diversity. Collaboration data associated with collaboration activity between a user network is collected. Based on the collaboration data, collaboration ties of the user accounts are identified, wherein each collaboration tie is associated with a source user account and a target user account. For each collaboration tie, a tie strength score and a tie diversity score are determined based on the collaboration data. Each collaboration tie is then classified as a strong tie or a weak tie based on a tie strength threshold and as a diverse tie or a nondiverse tie based on a tie diversity threshold. Based on analysis of the classifications of the collaboration ties, a recommended action is generated and provided via a collaboration interface, whereby the collaboration interface enables collaboration of the user network to be improved.