SmartParticipation: A Fuzzy-Based Recommender System for Political Community-Building (Fuzzy Management Methods) - Hardcover

Book 3 of 12: Fuzzy Management Methods

Terán Tamayo, Luis Fernando

 
9783319065502: SmartParticipation: A Fuzzy-Based Recommender System for Political Community-Building (Fuzzy Management Methods)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3319065505 ISBN 13: 9783319065502
Publisher: Springer, 2014

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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).

From the Back Cover

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.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3319065505
ISBN 13 
9783319065502
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
188

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