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Reputation systems for open collaboration

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Algorithmic-based user incentives ensure the trustworthiness of evaluations of Wikipedia entries and Google Maps business information.

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                Communications of the ACM  Volume 54, Issue 8
                August 2011
                129 pages
                ISSN:0001-0782
                EISSN:1557-7317
                DOI:10.1145/1978542
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