Semi-structured messages are surprisingly useful for computer-supported coordination

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

Volumn , Issue , 1986, Pages 102-114

  Malone, Thomas W ^a   Grant, Kenneth R ^a   Lai, Kum Yew ^a   Rao, Ramana ^a   Rosenblitt, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER CONFERENCING; COORDINATION SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL EDITORS; MESSAGE TYPES; PRODUCTION RULES; SEMI-STRUCTURED; TASK TRACKING; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS;

GROUPWARE;

EID: 84976829265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/637069.637081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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