Groupware: Some issues and experiences

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 39-58

  Ellis, Clarence A ^a   Gibbs, Simon J ^b   Rein, Gail ^b  

^a Microelectronics Computer Technology Corporation   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER INTERFACES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE - DESIGN; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION - ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

COMPUTER CONFERENCING; COMPUTER MESSAGE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK (CSCW); GROUP DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (GDSSS); GROUP OUTLINE VIEWING EDITOR (GROVE); GROUPWARE;

COMPUTERS;

EID: 0025794633     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/99977.99987     Document Type: Article

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