Proposed Group: Improved Attention Allocation Using Economics Community Group

The Improved Attention Allocation Using Economics Community Group has been proposed by Sandeep Jaykumar:

This group’s mission is to discuss the state of the Web as it pertains to attention allocation, and to examine possible improvements in this area. The group’s primary activity will be to initiate discussions around how the principles of economics and the notions of self-interest and trade could be brought to bear on the problem of allocating attention more equitably on the web.

The deliverables may include reports, specifications, proof of concept, etc. with a view to eventually migrating the proposals generated here to an appropriate standards track, given adequate support.

The ideal members who should consider joining this group are those who are working at the intersection of the Web, computer science, and economics. People who have skills in agent-based modeling of complex adaptive systems are also encouraged to join.

You are invited to support the creation of this group. Once the group has a total of five supporters, it will be launched and people can join to begin work. In order to support the group, you will need a W3C account.

Once launched, the group will no longer be listed as “proposed”; it will be in the list of current groups.

If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires the attention of the W3C staff, please send us email on site-comments@w3.org

Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team