Enabling On-Line Deliberation and Collective Decision-Making through Large-Scale Argumentation: A New Approach to the Design of an Internet-Based Mass Collaboration Platform

International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (IJDSST)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-92

  Iandoli, Luca ^a   Klein, Mark ^b   Zollo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative technologies; large scale argumentation; on line deliberation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001755162     PISSN: 19416296     EISSN: 1941630X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdsst.2009010105     Document Type: Article

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