Synonyms
Crowd-powered database systems; Crowdsourcing data analytics systems; Declarative crowdsourcing systems; Human-powered database systems
Definition
Crowdsourcing database systems are designed to add crowd functionality into traditional database management systems (DBMSs) for processing queries that cannot be answered by machines only. The systems typically take declarative queries written in SQL-like query language as input and process over stored relational data together with the collective knowledge gathered on-demand from the crowd. A typical crowdsourcing database system includes a query parser, which compiles the input query; a query optimizer, which generates the optimized query plan; an executor, which manages the query execution; and an HIT manager, which interacts with the public crowd.
Historical Background
While relational database system offers a powerful tool for data management, it imposes limitations in some situations. One situation is when there is missing...
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Fan, J., Zhang, M., Ooi, B.C. (2018). Crowd Database Systems. In: Liu, L., Özsu, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8265-9_80738
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