Towards an evaluation methodology for the development of research-oriented virtual communities

Proceedings of the Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WETICE

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 112-117

  Ho, J ^a   Schraefel, M C ^a   Chignell, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Educational institutions; Environmental management; Industrial engineering; Online Communities Technical Collaboration; Radio access networks; Space technology; Usability; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GROUPWARE; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARES; COLLABORATIVE WORK; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; SPACE TECHNOLOGIES; USABILITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84949655805     PISSN: 15244547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ENABL.2000.883714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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