Putting the Pieces Back Together Again: Contest Webs for Large-Scale Problem Solving
| Autor: | Yue Han, W. Ben Towne, Jeffrey V. Nickerson, Robert Laubacher, Laur Hesse Fisher, Thomas W. Malone, Patrick De Boer |
|---|---|
| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Management science
10009 Department of Informatics Computer science Supply chain 05 social sciences Collective intelligence Analogy 020207 software engineering Interchangeable parts 02 engineering and technology 000 Computer science knowledge & systems Reuse Online community CONTEST Data science Field (computer science) law.invention 1712 Software 1709 Human-Computer Interaction law 1705 Computer Networks and Communications 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050107 human factors |
| Zdroj: | CSCW |
| ISSN: | 1556-5068 |
| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.2912951 |
| Popis: | A key issue, whenever people work together to solve a complex problem, is how to divide the problem into parts done by different people and combine the parts into a solution for the whole problem. This paper presents a novel way of doing this with groups of contests called contest webs. Based on the analogy of supply chains for physical products, the method provides incentives for people to (a) reuse work done by themselves and others, (b) simultaneously explore multiple ways of combining interchangeable parts, and (c) work on parts of the problem where they can contribute the most. The paper also describes a field test of this method in an online community of over 50,000 people who are developing proposals for what to do about global climate change. The early results suggest that the method can, indeed, work at scale as intended. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|