Real time groupware as a distributed system: Concurrency control and its effect on the interface

Proceedings of the 1994 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW 1994

Volumn , Issue , 1994, Pages 207-217

  Greenberg, Saul ^a   Marwood, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer supported cooperative work; Concurrency control algorithms; Distributed systems; Real time groupware

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GROUPWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; GROUP MEMBERS; REAL-TIME GROUPWARE; SYSTEM INTERACTIONS; WORK IN PROGRESS;

CONCURRENCY CONTROL;

EID: 84959028319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/192844.193011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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