Comments for Things Software http://hakanerdogmus.net/weblog by Hakan Erdogmus, Kalemun Research Inc. Tue, 19 May 2009 17:09:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Does Diversity Have a Role in Software Development? by Hakan http://hakanerdogmus.net/weblog/2009/diversity-and-software-development/comment-page-1#comment-9 Hakan Tue, 19 May 2009 17:09:50 +0000 http://hakanerdogmus.net/weblog/?p=751#comment-9 Alain, yes excellent point. Actually, Page discusses Surowiecki's ideas and "crowds vs. experts" anecdotes in his book. I also have a paragraph on that point in my column. Page cautions that a small probability that an ordinary crowd will outperform individual experts in a specific predictive task may give rise to lots and lots of anecdotes if the population of the cases is large enough. But that doesn't imply that this behavior is systematic or should generally be expected. Alain, yes excellent point. Actually, Page discusses Surowiecki’s ideas and “crowds vs. experts” anecdotes in his book. I also have a paragraph on that point in my column. Page cautions that a small probability that an ordinary crowd will outperform individual experts in a specific predictive task may give rise to lots and lots of anecdotes if the population of the cases is large enough. But that doesn’t imply that this behavior is systematic or should generally be expected.

]]> Comment on Does Diversity Have a Role in Software Development? by Alain Désilets http://hakanerdogmus.net/weblog/2009/diversity-and-software-development/comment-page-1#comment-6 Alain Désilets Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:35:30 +0000 http://hakanerdogmus.net/weblog/?p=751#comment-6 I think that's a good insight. In his book, "The wisdom of crowds", James Surowiecki summarizes the conditions under which a group will be smarter than the sum of the individuals that make it. They are: - The group has to be diverse - Each member of the group must exercise his own judgment without undue influence or coercion from other members - There has to be an easy way to aggregate the individual judgments into a collective one. The first condition is in line with what you describe. I think that’s a good insight.

In his book, “The wisdom of crowds”, James Surowiecki summarizes the conditions under which a group will be smarter than the sum of the individuals that make it. They are:

- The group has to be diverse
- Each member of the group must exercise his own judgment without undue influence or coercion from other members
- There has to be an easy way to aggregate the individual judgments into a collective one.

The first condition is in line with what you describe.

]]> Comment on Welcome to My Weblog! by Hakan Erdogmus http://hakanerdogmus.net/weblog/2009/welcome-to-my-weblog/comment-page-1#comment-5 Hakan Erdogmus Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:16:49 +0000 http://hakanerdogmus.net/weblog/?p=290#comment-5 Hey, Eleni. Thx. For the RSS feed, click on the orange Posts icon on the top right corner. Hey, Eleni. Thx. For the RSS feed, click on the orange Posts icon on the top right corner.

]]> Comment on Welcome to My Weblog! by Eleni Stroulia http://hakanerdogmus.net/weblog/2009/welcome-to-my-weblog/comment-page-1#comment-4 Eleni Stroulia Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:29:56 +0000 http://hakanerdogmus.net/weblog/?p=290#comment-4 Thanks for starting the blog Hakan! I am looking forward to your musings! eleni ps: RSS feed? Thanks for starting the blog Hakan! I am looking forward to your musings!
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