A measure of uncertainty based on the number of flips of a fair coin. Low entropy means little information is being revealed (i.e., sun rising in east) and high entropy means the outcomes are very uncertain but when actualized reveal a lot of information (i.e., a lottery ticket and reveal). For example, we would need to ask N questions to learn the sexes of N children. N questions would distinguish $2^N$ potential outcome sequences (N binary random events: N flips of a fair coin). Each outcome sequence has a probability of $$1\frac{1}{2^N}$$, which is converted to N = - $\log_2 (\frac{1}{2^N}) ^2$. If an outcome arises with probability p, it will have an uncertainty of $\log_2 (p) $ (an approximation of the # of yes/no questions needed to identify the outcome sequence).

Information Entropy

An equation to calculate the collective accuracy of a crowd. It shows that diversity matters just as much as ability. (Acc = accuracy)
- Collective Acc Crowd = Avg Individual Acc - Collective Predictive Diversity

The Diversity Prediction Theorem

An Indvidual's marginal contribution in group that has been previously formed. If they are the last player to a join a group in a cooperative game, what value do they add.

Last-on-the-bus value

In a cooperative game, it is an individual's average marginal contribution across every possible coalition after being added to the group.

Shapely Value

- Information entropy equation
- Last-on-the-bus value
- Shapley value
- Diversity theorem

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San Jose State University

Collective Intelligence can be measured through the actions of a group and their ability to efficiently perform a variety of tasks. More specifically through a comparison of the group's ability to perform one task which is then correlated with the same group's ability to perform a variety of other tasks. 

Measurement of Collective Intelligence 

The Model Thinker

Scholars are interested in how collective intelligence can influence a group's performance. They are also interested in whether collective intelligence can be used to predict group performance. 

Collective Intelligence's influence on group performance 

Below is a list of possible group tasks that can be used to measure Collective Intelligence: 
visual puzzles, negotiating/rationing limited resources, moral-reasoning problems, brainstorming, etc. 

Collective Intelligence Tasks

Mathematical Models of Collective Intelligence

An intelligence test the measure the objective intelligence of a group the way that inelligence tests measure the intelligence of an individual. There are no widely used or created tests like this that exist. 

Intelligence Test for Groups

- Group Performance
- Speed of Learning in a Group
- Group Performance in Video Games

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