Ewall: Electronic Card Wall: Computational Support for Collaborative Decision-Making

Abstract

This effort is aimed at exploring computational opportunities for utilizing theories of team-collaboration. We introduce a first Framework for monitoring, assessing and measuring team-collaborative processes. The Framework helps explain team-collaborative processes as combinations of multiple Methods that can be studied individually or in combination. We also introduce a second Framework for describing, analyzing and developing team-collaborative scenarios, experiments and use-cases. The second Framework is designed to evaluate and study Methods in particular situations. Furthermore, we demonstrate opportunities for translating Methods into computational agents that can analyze and support team collaboration and knowledge management. A hypothetical scenario is used to demonstrate and explain the use of Methods and the conceptualization of computational agents.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA549952

Entities

People

  • Matthew Sither
  • Nancy J Cooke
  • Patrick Winston
  • Paul E. Keel

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Science
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Demonstrations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Intervention
  • Knowledge Management
  • Law
  • Military Research
  • Monitoring
  • Observation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Standards
  • Teamwork

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics