2012/04/16 by Terrell Russell, Terrell G. Russell, Russell, Terrell G.
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Expert finding and Q&A systems #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC) #Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing #Social and Information Networks (cs.SI) #cs.HC #cs.SI
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1204.3353
Presented at Collective Intelligence conference, 2012 (arXiv:1204.2991), 8 pages, 7 figures
arxiv created 2012/04/16 · openalex publication_date 2012/04/16 · arxiv updated 2012/04/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The problem of knowing who knows what is multi-faceted. Knowledge and expertise lie on a spectrum and one's expertise in one topic area may have little bearing on one's knowledge in a disparate topic area. In addition, we continue to learn new things over time. Each of us see but a sliver of our acquaintances' and co-workers' areas of expertise. By making explicit and visible many individual perceptions of cognitive authority, this work shows that a group can know what its members know about in a relatively efficient and inexpensive manner.