Integrating contexts to support coordination: the CHAOS project

Computer Supported Cooperative Work: CSCW: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-283

  Simone, Carla ^a   Divitini, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMITMENT HANDLING ACTIVE OFFICE SYSTEM; COMMUNICATION SUPPORTS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 0033356650     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008747807830     Document Type: Article

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