TY - BOOK AU - TerĂ¡n Tamayo,Luis Fernando ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - SmartParticipation: A Fuzzy-Based Recommender System for Political Community-Building T2 - Fuzzy Management Methods, SN - 9783319065519 AV - HF54.5-54.56 U1 - 650 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Economics KW - Information systems KW - Data mining KW - Social sciences KW - Data processing KW - Management information systems KW - Economics/Management Science KW - Business Information Systems KW - Political Science, general KW - Information Systems and Communication Service KW - Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet) KW - Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences KW - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery N1 - Part I: Motivation and Objectives -- Part II: Background -- Part III: Conceptual Framework -- Part IV: Evaluation Framework -- Part V: Conclusions N2 - In this book a fuzzy-based recommender system architecture for stimulating political participation and collaboration is proposed. It showcases the "Smart Participation" project, which uses the database of "smart vote", a well-known voting advice application (VAA) for local, cantonal and national elections in Switzerland. Additionally, an evaluation framework for e Participation is presented, which allows to analyze different projects and their development towards the enhancement of citizen's participation and empowerment. The book demonstrates the potential for building political communities and the stimulation of civic participation UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06551-9 ER -