The Interdisciplinary Study of Coordination

ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 87-119

  Malone, Thomas W ^a   Crowston, Kevin ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

computer supported cooperative work; coordination; coordination science; coordination theory; groupware

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION THEORY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OFFICE AUTOMATION; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COORDINATION SCIENCE; COORDINATION THEORY; GROUPWARE; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0028401441     PISSN: 03600300     EISSN: 15577341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/174666.174668     Document Type: Article

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