C.6.10+How+collective+Intelligence+can+be+applied+to+complex+issues

=__** C.6.10 Explain how collective intelligence can be applied to complex issues. **__=

What is collective intelligence?


 * [|shared] or [|group] intelligence
 * [|emerges] from the collaboration, collective efforts, and competition of many individuals
 * group decision making
 * developers for example learn continuously from feedback to produce just-in-time knowledge for better decisions than themselves acting alone



Weather /Climate Change


 * Small personal weather stations (installed in homes, schools, public safety facilities, television stations, and official weather stations at airports and other facilities) continuously monitor local weather and atmospheric data
 * transmitted automatically at intervals to the National Weather Service
 * refine forecasts
 * especially in severe weather situations
 * This is collective intelligence, because data from different peoples weather monitoring devices is brought together to “think of” (Intelligence) / forecast the weather
 * has its importance when encountering natural disasters, where immediate news about how the weather develops in what areas is very important
 * personal device “ [|Squirrel] ”: samples air pollutants and transmits the data to a cell phone
 * sends the data to a database: detailed information about local air quality and conditions anywhere
 * use of such technology: involve the community in capturing detailed climate data related to CO2 emissions, smog, ozone and other pollutants for environmental studie

social bookmarking


 * also called collaborative tagging
 * users place tags on resources shared with other users
 * reflecting the collective knowledge through classifying content through masses of people
 * “Folksonomy”

stock market fluctuations


 * various companies study cross correlations between the ‘collective intelligence’ of Internet users and the change of financial market quantities
 * means that they see how people on the web share content by folksonomy, liking, and sharing and compare that used data to the stock market fluctuations: see patterns in what people want and need at certain times and what could develop
 * this observatory could contribute in protecting the stability of financial systems

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