A stigmergic approach for social interaction design in collaboration engineering

Neurocomputing

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages 151-163

  Zamfirescu, Constantin Bala ^a   Candea, Ciprian ^b   Radu, Ciprian ^a,b  

^a LUCIAN BLAGA UNIVERSITY OF SIBIU   (Romania)

^b 'Research and Development' Department   (Romania)

Author keywords

Collective knowledge; Design space exploration; Human computer interaction; Stigmergic systems

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

COLLABORATION ENGINEERING; COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCES; COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE; COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS; DESIGN SPACE EXPLORATION; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES; STIGMERGIC SYSTEMS;

PROCESS DESIGN;

ARTICLE; COLLABORATION ENGINEERING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN;

EID: 84906950871     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: 18728286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2014.04.061     Document Type: Article

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