Using an experimental study to develop group awareness support for real-time distributed collaborative writing

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1006-1024

  Tran, Minh Hong ^a   Raikundalia, Gitesh K ^a,b   Yang, Yun ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Awareness mechanisms; Collaborative writing; Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW); Group awareness; Groupware; Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GROUPWARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION THEORY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

AWARENESS MECHANISMS; COLLABORATIVE WRITING; GROUP AWARENESS; MODIFICATION DIRECTOR (MD);

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 33749267249     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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