The agreement process: An empirical investigation of human-human computer-mediated collaborative dialogs

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1017-1076

  Di Eugenio, Barbara ^a   Jordan, Pamela W ^b   Thomason, Richmond H ^c   Moore, Johanna D ^d  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

AGREEMENT PROCESSES; COLLABORATIVE DIALOGS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0034516050     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.2000.0428     Document Type: Article

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