Categorizing Users Based on Similarity of Posed Questions, Answers and Supporting Evidence

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• obtain question information identifying extracted features of an input question and a first source of the input question;
• perform a clustering operation to cluster the input question with one or more other questions of a cluster based on a similarity of the extracted features of the input question to features of the one or more other questions;
• and
• perform an operation based on results of the clustering of the input question with the one or more other questions, wherein the operation facilitates at least one of a collaboration between the first source of the input question and a second source of another question in the cluster, a communication between the first source and the second source, or a reporting of the results of the clustering operation to either the first source, the second source, or a third party.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• obtain question information identifying extracted features of an input question and a first source of the input question;
• perform a clustering operation to cluster the input question with one or more other questions of a cluster based on a similarity of the extracted features of the input question to features of the one or more other questions;
• and
• perform an operation based on results of the clustering of the input question with the one or more other questions, wherein the operation facilitates at least one of a collaboration between the first source of the input question and a second source of another question in the cluster, a communication between the first source and the second source, or a reporting of the results of the clustering operation to either the first source, the second source, or a third party.