| | 1 | = Bossa overview = |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | Bossa is a small and simple software framework for "distributed thinking" - |
| | 4 | the use of volunteers on the Internet to perform tasks |
| | 5 | that require human intelligence, knowledge, or cognitive skills. |
| | 6 | Examples of such projects include Stardust@home and GalaxyZoo. |
| | 7 | |
| | 8 | Volunteers have different skill levels; |
| | 9 | they may do tasks well or poorly. |
| | 10 | Some of them may actually intentionally do tasks incorrectly. |
| | 11 | To achieve an over level of accuracy that is higher than |
| | 12 | the population average, we can use '''replication''' - |
| | 13 | having multiple volunteers do each task, |
| | 14 | and comparing the results. |
| | 15 | |
| | 16 | Replication is also useful for tasks that do not have a unique correct answer, |
| | 17 | and for which you want to collect alternatives. |
