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Putting the Pieces Back Together Again: Contest Webs for Large-Scale Problem Solving

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2017
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Malone, T. W., Nickerson, J. V., Laubacher, R. J., Fisher, L. H., De Boer, P., Han, Y., & Towne, W. B. (2017, March 1). Putting the Pieces Back Together Again: Contest Webs for Large-Scale Problem Solving. 20th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2017), Portland. https://doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998343

Abstract

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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 o

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  • Malone, Thomas W
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  • Nickerson, Jeffrey V
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  • Laubacher, Robert J
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  • Fisher, Laur Hesse
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  • De Boer, Patrick
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  • Han, Yue
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  • Towne, W Ben
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Event Title

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Event Title
20th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2017)

Event Location

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Event Location
Portland

Event Country

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OR

Event Start Date

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Event Start Date
2017-02-25

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2017-03-01

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Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)

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English

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2016-11-02

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Hybrid

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merlin-id:13963

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160 since deposited on 2016-11-02
Acq. date: 2025-11-14

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216 since deposited on 2016-11-02
Acq. date: 2025-11-14

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Malone, T. W., Nickerson, J. V., Laubacher, R. J., Fisher, L. H., De Boer, P., Han, Y., & Towne, W. B. (2017, March 1). Putting the Pieces Back Together Again: Contest Webs for Large-Scale Problem Solving. 20th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2017), Portland. https://doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998343

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