The Complexities of Computer-Supported Collaboration

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dc.contributor.authorHancock, Mark S.eng
dc.contributor.authorCarpendale, Sheelagheng
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-27T16:53:03Z
dc.date.available2008-02-27T16:53:03Z
dc.date.computerscience2006-02-14eng
dc.date.issued2006-02-14eng
dc.description.abstractWe introduce the idea of considering computer supported collaborative work as a complex adaptive system (CAS). In other disciplines, such as physics, biology and ecology, the idea of a CAS has proven useful in explaining a wide variety of phenomena. We define a CAS and then describe how CSCW fits that definition. We demonstrate that the concepts in CAS theory can be applied to help understand computer supported collaboration and provide examples of catastrophe and chaos in physics showing how they can be paralleled in CSCW. The implications of the application of CAS theory to CSCW include greater insight into the computer supported collaborative process and inform both evaluation methodology and design of applications.eng
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dc.identifier.department2006-812-05eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30519
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/45779
dc.language.isoEngeng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyScienceeng
dc.subjectComputer Scienceeng
dc.titleThe Complexities of Computer-Supported Collaborationeng
dc.typeunknown
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceeng
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