01369nas a2200181   4500008004100000245006400041210006300105260002600168520081100194100002501005700002601030700002601056700002301082700001801105700001701123700001701140856003001157       2007                        eng d00aSmartocracy: Social Networks for Collective Decision Making0 aSmartocracy Social Networks for Collective Decision Making  bIEEE Computer Society3 aSmartocracy is a social software system for collec- tive decision making. The system is composed of a social network that links individuals to those they trust to make good decisions and a decision network that links individuals to their voted-on solutions. Such networks allow a variety of algorithms to convert the link choices made by individual participants into specific decision outcomes. Simply interpreting the linkages differently (e.g. ignoring trust links, or using them to weight an individual's vote) provides a variety of outcomes fit for different decision making scenarios. This paper will discuss the Smartocracy network data structures, the suite of collective decision making algorithms currently supported, and the results of two collective decisions regarding the design of the system.1 aRodriguez, Marko, A.1 aSteinbock, Daniel, J.1 aWatkins, Jennifer, H.1 aGershenson, Carlos1 aBollen, Johan1 aGrey, Victor1 adeGraf, Brad  uhttp://tinyurl.com/ybojp8