1Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
2Engineering Department, Lone Star College, Kingwood, Texas
3College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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The wisdom of the crowd assumes that a crowd or group of people is remarkably more intelligent and smarter than the smartest individual among them. This operates in the world in many different guises. The wisdom-of-crowd phenomenon has been replicated across a number of disciplines. It has become increasingly relevant with the rapid spread of the Internet and social networks. This paper provides a brief introduction to the wisdom of the crowd.
Crowd wisdom, wisdom of the crowd, crowd consensus, crowd sourcing, diversity of opinions, collective knowledge
