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Pentland, Brian, 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 Pentland, Brian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Recker, Jan C. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2072-5792 Wyner, George UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-88649
Publisher:	Curran Associates, Inc.
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
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences > Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS)
Language:	English
Date:	November 2015
Place of Publication:	Red Hook, NY
Refereed:	Yes
Title of Book:	Exploring the information frontier : International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015) : Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 13-16 December 2015
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/8864