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  • adjective Of or pertaining to exchanging or trading.

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  • To address the challenges facing the existing electric power system, information must be exchanged effectively between system participants to create a so-called transactive network.

    The Smart Grid's Struggle 2010

  • To address the challenges facing the existing electric power system, information must be exchanged effectively between system participants to create a so-called transactive network.

    The Smart Grid's Struggle 2010

  • It's called "transactive memory," a theory developed about 25 years ago by her co-author, Daniel M. Wegner of Harvard University, in which group of people collectively store and retrieve knowledge with each member of the group contributing.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • It's called "transactive memory," a theory developed about 25 years ago by her co-author, Daniel M. Wegner of Harvard University, in which group of people collectively store and retrieve knowledge with each member of the group contributing.

    SFGate: Top News Stories By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID 2011

  • As ominous as that sounds, however, study co-author and Columbia University psychologist Elizabeth Sparrow said it's just another form of so-called transactive memory, exhibited by people working in groups in which facts and expertise are distributed.

    Wired Top Stories Brandon Keim 2011

  • The research also pointed out that humans have long drawn on the power of "transactive memory".

    Memory in the digital age 2012

  • A consumer-oriented transactive model maintains balance through decentralized coordination instead of imposed, hierarchical control -- i.e., consumers should interact with utilities in the same way that utilities interact with one another.

    The Smart Grid's Struggle 2010

  • A consumer-oriented transactive model maintains balance through decentralized coordination instead of imposed, hierarchical control -- i.e., consumers should interact with utilities in the same way that utilities interact with one another.

    The Smart Grid's Struggle 2010

  • So, perhaps I understand the transitional, transactive nature of a changing economy in a way that has left many behind, and forced many to leave, even my closest cousins.

    Penn. Surrogates Weigh the Import of Obama’s Words - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • So, perhaps I understand the transitional, transactive nature of a changing economy in a way that has left many behind, and forced many to leave, even my closest cousins.

    Penn. Surrogates Weigh the Import of Obama’s Words - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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