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Information and Computation

Information Theory 2013-05-27 v2 Human-Computer Interaction Social and Information Networks math.IT Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems

Abstract

In this chapter, concepts related to information and computation are reviewed in the context of human computation. A brief introduction to information theory and different types of computation is given. Two examples of human computation systems, online social networks and Wikipedia, are used to illustrate how these can be described and compared in terms of information and computation.

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@article{arxiv.1304.1428,
  title  = {Information and Computation},
  author = {Carlos Gershenson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.1428},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

9 pages, 3 figures. Draft of a chapter to be published in Michelucci, P. (Ed.) Handbook of Human Computation, Springer

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