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Pentland, Brian T. ORCID: 0000-0001-7526-2476, Recker, Jan C. ORCID: 0000-0002-2072-5792 and Wyner, George (2015). A thermometer for interdependence: Exploring patterns of interdependence using networks of affordances. In: Exploring the information frontier : International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015) : Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 13-16 December 2015, Red Hook, NY: Curran Associates, Inc..

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Abstract

Interdependence is a central concept in systems and organizations, yet our methods for measuring it are not well developed. Here, we report on a novel method for transforming digital trace data into networks of events that can be used to visualize and measure interdependence. The edges in the network represent sequential flow and the vertices represent actors, actions and artifacts. We refer to this representation as an affordance network. As with conventional approaches such as process mining, our method uses input from a stream of time-stamped occurrences, but the representation is simpler and more appropriate for exploration and theory building. As digital trace data becomes more widely available, this method may become more useful in information systems research and practice. Like a thermometer, it helps us measure a basic property of a system that would otherwise be difficult to see.

Item Type:	Book Section, Proceedings Item or annotation in a legal commentary
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Pentland, Brian T. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7526-2476 UNSPECIFIED Recker, Jan C. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2072-5792 UNSPECIFIED Wyner, George UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-88649
Title of Book:	Exploring the information frontier : International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015) : Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 13-16 December 2015
Date:	November 2015
Publisher:	Curran Associates, Inc.
Place of Publication:	Red Hook, NY
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Weitere Institute, Arbeits- und Forschungsgruppen > Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS) Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Business Administration > Information Systems > Chair for Information Systems and Systems Development
Subjects:	Data processing Computer science Management and auxiliary services
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language interdependence English affordance network, English organizational routine English process mining English narrative network English
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/8864