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Groups of diverse problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers

Lu Hong; Scott E. Page · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101(46), 16385–16389 · 2004

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Type: Article
Author: Lu Hong; Scott E. Page
Identifier: DOI 10.1073/pnas.0403723101
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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DisputedHong and Page modelled teams of problem-solving agents and found that a team of randomly selected agents can outperform a team of the best-performing agents, because the best agents become similar; Thompson criticised the result as an example of the misuse of mathematics in the social sciences.