Human brains can be seen as knowledge processors in a distributed system. Each of them can achieve, conscious or not, a small part of a treatment too important to be done by one. These are also "hunter / gatherers" of knowledge. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404. . 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Games with a Purpose (GWAPS)
Publisher: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication Date: 2015
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1848218036
ISBN 13: 9781848218031
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Human brains can be seen as knowledge processors in a distributed system. Each of them can achieve, conscious or not, a small part of a treatment too important to be done by one. These are also "hunter / gatherers" of knowledge. Provided that the number of contributors is large enough, the results are usually better quality than if they were the result of the activity of a single person, even if it is a domain expert. This type of activity is done via online games.

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Mathieu Lafourcade is a researcher and teacher in computer science, language processing and artificial intelligence. He is head of the TEXTE team of LIRMM, University of Montpellier, France.

Alain Joubert is a doctor in astrophysics and a researcher in the TEXTE team at LIRMM. He teaches computer science at the IUT in Montpellier, France.

Nathalie Le Brun, Imagin@T, France, is a doctor in biology, a graphic designer and an expert in serious gaming and GWAPs.

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