Table 1.
Swarm Intelligence | Wisdom of the Crowd | Collective Intelligence | |
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Representative Groups | Simple animals (e.g., social insects) | Humans (non-interacting individuals) | Human small groups and teams |
Inputs | Personal information, behaviors | Individual estimates | Individual traits (e.g., intelligence, knowledge) |
Combining Inputs | Interactions between individuals | Combination by centralized entity | Team processes |