Abstract :
A proposed approach supports the continual construction and evolution of model-based Internetware artifacts by a collective of Internet-connected stakeholders. The key mechanism is incremental graph superimposition (IGS), a refinement of stigmergy, the process that produces collective intelligence in social insects. Employing IGS, a collective of individuals collaboratively and continually construct a collective-level graph by incrementally aggregating the individuals´ working results. Each individual can work independently without direct interaction with others, facilitating mass collaboration among a large number of individuals. A conceptual model illustrates the effects of IGS. A Web environment supports IGS-based conceptual-model construction and ongoing case studies.
Keywords :
Internet; graph theory; groupware; IGS-based conceptual-model construction; Internet-connected stakeholders; Web environment; collective intelligence; collective-level graph; incremental graph superimposition; mass collaboration; model-based Internetware artifacts; social insects; stigmergy-based construction; Buildings; Context; Educational institutions; Insects; Internet; Market research; Software; evolution; incremental graph superimposition; software artifacts; software engineering; stigmergy;
