Understanding and facilitating group problem structuring and formulation: Mental representations, interaction, and representation aids

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 253-274

  Massey, Anne P ^a   Wallace, William A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive models; Group communication; Group interaction; Menial representations; Model visualization; Problem structuring and formulation; Representation aids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000174887     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-9236(96)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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