Quality of Information

Knut Samset

Chapter 14 in Early Project Appraisal, 2010, pp 138-148 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The IT revolution and the persisting steep upswing in available computing power of the recent decades has made reality ever more fine-grained. It has enabled previously unthinkable degrees of detail and precision. For example, a GPS-enhanced mobile phone can indicate where you are at any time with an accuracy of a few metres. The volume of information underlying this capability is enormous. Multiplied by the number of mobile phone users, it’s incomprehensibly large. This is just one of the myriad services that are available to everyone. This makes us volume consumers of information. Not everyone is so aware, but nonetheless we take accessibility and high precision for granted.

Keywords: Textual Information; Qualitative Information; Numerical Information; Mobile Phone User; Transport Project (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230289925_14

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