SmartParticipation
A Fuzzy-Based Recommender System for Political Community-Building
Authors: Terán, Luis
Free Preview- Provides an introduction of the fuzzy-based recommender system architecture
- Includes a chapter that presents the "Smart Participation" project, a maturity model for e Participation
- Provides a special chapter that presents an e Participation evaluation framework
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- About this book
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In this book a fuzzy-based recommender system architecture for stimulating political participation and collaboration is proposed. It showcases the "Smart Participation" project, which uses the database of "smart vote", a well-known voting advice application (VAA) for local, cantonal and national elections in Switzerland. Additionally, an evaluation framework for e Participation is presented, which allows to analyze different projects and their development towards the enhancement of citizen's participation and empowerment. The book demonstrates the potential for building political communities and the stimulation of civic participation.
- About the authors
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Luis Terán is currently working as assistant doctor at the Information Systems Research Group, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Fribourg (Information Systems Research Group). In 2009, he finished a M.Sc. in Communication Systems from the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2004, he received a B.Sc. in Electronics and Telecommunications from Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador. His research interests include eGovernment, eParticipation, eCollaboration, eDemocracy, eElection, eVoting, eCommunities, ePassports, recommender systems and fuzzy classification. He is currently a board member for the IEEE e-Government Special Technical Community, the program chair and main organizer for the International Conference on eDemocracy and eGovernment (ICEDEG) and an instructor in the International Seminar on eDemocracy and eGovernment (ISEDEG).
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 3-9
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eGovernment
Pages 13-20
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Recommender Systems
Pages 21-32
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Fuzzy Logic
Pages 33-43
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Fuzzy Recommender System
Pages 47-81
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- SmartParticipation
- Book Subtitle
- A Fuzzy-Based Recommender System for Political Community-Building
- Authors
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- Luis Terán
- Series Title
- Fuzzy Management Methods
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-06551-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-06551-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-06550-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-36105-5
- Series ISSN
- 2196-4130
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXVII, 161
- Number of Illustrations
- 66 b/w illustrations
- Topics