Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of BossaIntro

Timestamp:

Feb 9, 2008, 2:23:13 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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BossaIntro

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 = Berkeley Open System for Skill Aggregation (Bossa) =
 
-Bossa is a software infrastructure for creating
-projects that use skills or knowledge of large numbers
-of volunteers, via the Internet, to accomplish a set of tasks.
-This has been variously termed ''skill aggregation'', ''distributed thinking'', and ''human computing''.
-
-Bossa is designed to accommodate a wide range of tasks.
-In particular:
+Bossa is a software framework for ''distributed thinking'' -
+the use of large numbers of volunteers to accomplish a set of tasks via the Internet.
+Bossa accommodates a wide range of tasks:
 
  * Tasks may be short (performed online via a single web page) or may take several weeks and involve running separate programs.
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 For more information, contact [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/anderson/ David Anderson].
 See the [BossaRef reference manual] for details of the current implementation.
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+ * [BossaTutorial Tutorial]
+ * [BossaReference Reference manual]
 
 == Abstractions ==