• DocumentCode
    3771407
  • Title

    Uncertainty in virtual collaborative contexts

  • Author

    Jean-Pierre Briffaut

  • Author_Institution
    Institut TELECOM-TELECOM & Management SudParis, CEMANTIC, 9 rue Charles Fourier, 91011, Evry Cedex, France
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    The analogy between uncertainty in quantum physics and uncertainty in social relationships is investigated. It turns out that the attitudes of the observed perceived by the observers in social relationships can be understood as the result of two sets of conjugate parameters (strengths of beliefs and their valuations). When the assessments of these parameters are considered to take place in different universes (virtual environment and real-life environment) they are argued to be subject to uncertainties that are compared to Heisenberg´s uncertainty principle, and the rules of quantum logic apply. Any individual interacting with a virtual collaborative context and having to decide on courses of action in a real-life environment is constrained by the lack of precision of the attitudes to take and by inductive reasoning.
  • Keywords
    Context
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Technology Management Conference (ICE), 2009 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-85358-259-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461430
  • Filename
    7461430