SIMONE: A simulator for interruptions and message overload in network environments

International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 237-247

  Gupta, Ashish ^a   Sharda, Ramesh ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E mail management; Interruptions; Modelling; Networks; Performance; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

COPING MECHANISMS; E-MAIL MANAGEMENT; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; INTERRUPTIONS; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 62649174852     PISSN: 17402123     EISSN: 17402131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSPM.2008.023685     Document Type: Article

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