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Overload of cheap information threatens our ability to function in networks; value-recognizing architectures promise significant help.

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            cover image Communications of the ACM
            Communications of the ACM  Volume 49, Issue 7
            Services science
            July 2006
            140 pages
            ISSN:0001-0782
            EISSN:1557-7317
            DOI:10.1145/1139922
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