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This chapter seeks to characterize the conceptual space of human computation by defining key terminology within an evolving taxonomy.
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The author wishes to gratefully acknowledge useful discussion and feedback from Matthew Blumberg, Irene Celino, Daniel Estrada, Kshanti Greene, Neal Lathia, Jonathan Lawhead, Stuart Reeves.
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Michelucci, P. (2013). Synthesis and Taxonomy of Human Computation. In: Michelucci, P. (eds) Handbook of Human Computation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8806-4_9
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