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Quinn, A., Bederson, B. (October 2009)
A Taxonomy of Distributed Human Computation
HCIL-2009-23
Distributed Human Computation (DHC) holds great
promise for using computers and humans together to
scaling up the kinds of tasks that only humans do well.
Currently, the literature describing DHC efforts so far is
segmented. Projects that stem from different perspectives
frequently do not cite each other. This can be especially
problematic for researchers trying to understand the current
body of work in order to push forward with new ideas.
Also, as DHC matures into a standard topic within humancomputer
interaction and computer science, educators will
require a common vocabulary to teach from. As a starting
point, we offer a taxonomy which classifies and compares
DHC systems and ideas. We describe the key
characteristics and compare and contrast the differing
approaches.
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