A CyberOrganism Model for Awareness in Collaborative Communities on the Internet To appear in: International Journal of Intelligent Systems (IJIS), January, Vol. 12, No. 1. pp. 31-56. (draft copy) The Internet/World Wide Web has grown very rapidly to become a major resource supporting collaborative activities in a wide range of groups, disciplines and communities. However, the growth of the net/web creates problems of information overload and of maintaining awareness of activities at other sites relevant to one's own tasks. This article discusses awareness issues in collaborative group; develops a conceptual framework for studying and supporting awareness on the web; describes CHRONO, a tool for supporting awareness of changes at another site. Finally a preliminary sketch of an overall conceptual framework for the Internet is presented and explored. [This is a final draft, the article appears in: International Journal of Intelligent Systems 1997, Vol. 12. Awareness Issues in Supporting Collaborative Work Collective Awareness Awareness Members Have of One Another
Xplore Abstract (Authors) - Enabling Open Development Methodologies in Climate Change Assessment Modeling Computational simulation models help support scientifically grounded "what if" analyses by translating specialized knowledge into tools that can project the likely future impact of current actions. Models have thus become important in a variety of policy domains. In recent years, several software platforms for environmental policy-making and urban planning have added simulation models to decision support tools to provide stakeholders with direct access to these models. In this paper, we discuss the development of a publicly accessible Web service called ROMA (Radically Open Modeling Architecture) that allows anyone to create, combine, and run modular simulations, which can aid climate policy deliberations.
Creating Internet Intelligence: Wild Computing, Distributed Digital ... - Ben Goertzel 1997 - (Malone) Is Empowerment Just a Fad? Control, Decision Making, and IT References (50) 1. See, for example: B. Johansen, A. Saveri, and G. 2. P.J. J.R. V. G.P. M.L. E.H. W.R. J.D. 3. 4. 5. P. J.F. 6. K.S. 7. 8. Anand and Mendelson (1995). 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. M.C. Gurbaxani and Whang (1991). 19. 20. W.J. 21. 22. R.L. 23. J.R. 24. G.M. 25. 26. C. 27. L. 28. J. Show All References Cognition in the Wild - Edwin Hutchins - Google Books Is 'Empowerment' Just a Fad? Control, Decision-Making, and Information Technology The logic in this paper shows why greater decentralization in business (including 'empowerment') is a response to fundamental changes in the economics of decision-making that are enabled by new information technologies. Our research suggests that a simple pattern of three successive stages underlies many of the changes that are taking place: As communication costs fall, independent decentralized decision-makers are replaced, first by centralized decision-makers, and then by connected decentralized decision-makers. This pattern explains important aspects of economic history in this century, and suggests that empowerment is not just a fad, but likely to become even more important in the next century. The paper also suggests that our very notions of centralization and decentralization are incomplete. When most people talk about empowerment, they are only thinking about going 'halfway' toward what is possible.
Enabling On-Line Deliberation and Collective Decision-Making through Large-Scale Argumentation: A New Approach to the Design of an Internet-Based Mass Collaboration Platform (1941-6296)(1941-630X): Luca Iandoli, Mark Klein, Guiseppe Zollo: Jou Abstract The successful emergence of on-line communities, such as open source software and Wikipedia, seems due to an effective combination of intelligent collective behavior and internet capabilities However, current internet technologies, such as forum, wikis and blogs appear to be less supportive for knowledge organization and consensus formation. In particular very few attempts have been done to support large, diverse, and geographically dispersed groups to systematically explore and come to decisions concerning complex and controversial systemic challenges. In order to overcome the limitations of current collaborative technologies, in this article, we present a new large-scale collaborative platform based on argumentation mapping. Complete Article List Search this Journal: Reset Volume 5: 3 Issues (2013) Volume 4: 4 Issues (2012) Volume 3: 4 Issues (2011) Volume 2: 4 Issues (2010) Volume 1: 4 Issues (2009) View Complete Journal Contents Listing
2012 - (Bernstein et al ) Programming the Global Brain By Abraham Bernstein, Mark Klein, Thomas W. Malone Communications of the ACM, Vol. 55 No. 5, Pages 41-43 10.1145/2160718.2160731 Comments Considering how we can improve our understanding and utilization of the emerging human-computer network constituting the global brain. The full text of this article is premium content Need Access? Please select one of the options below for access to premium content and features. Create a Web Account If you are already an ACM member, Communications subscriber, or Digital Library subscriber, please set up a web account to access premium content on this site. Join the ACM Become a member to take full advantage of ACM's outstanding computing information resources, networking opportunities, and other benefits.