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CSCW and Artificial Intelligence

Computing, despite the relative brevity of its history, has already evolved into a subject in which a fairly large number of subdisciplines can be identified. Moreover, there has been a noticeable tendency for the different branches of the subject each to develop its own intellectual culture, tradit...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Connolly, John H. (Editor), Edmonds, Ernest A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 1994, 1994
Edition:1st ed. 1994
Series:Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Subjects:
Artificial Intelligence
It In Business
Business—data Processing
Natural Language Processing (nlp)
Natural Language Processing (computer Science)
Information Technology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Modelling Organizational Context Knowledge in Cooperative Information Systems
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Related Work
  • 9.3 FRESCO: Cooperating Expert Systems in Banking
  • 9.4 Modelling Organizational Context Knowledge
  • 9.5 A Multi-Layered Reference Coordination Architecture
  • 9.6 Conclusions
  • 10 Artificial Intelligence and Computer Supported Cooperative Working in International Contexts
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Communication Issues
  • 10.3 Relevant Branches of AI
  • 10.4 Communication Problems and the Role of AI
  • 10.5 Conclusion
  • 11 On the Definition and Desirability of Autonomous User Agents in CSCW
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Incorporating the Differing Viewpoints of Social Scientists and Computer Scientists
  • 11.3 CSCW Task Domains
  • 11.4 Group Stages and Group Functions
  • 11.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Name Index
  • A Behavioural Metaphor for Software Agents
  • 1.3 The Cooperative Machine
  • 1.4 Conclusions
  • 2 A Framework for Negotiation
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Context
  • 2.3 The Framework
  • 2.4 Communications Support
  • 2.5 Task Support
  • 2.6 Group Support
  • 2.7 Conclusion
  • 3 Environments for Cooperating Agents: Designing the Interface as Medium
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 History
  • 3.3 Active and Passive Interfaces
  • 3.4 The Interface as Medium
  • 3.5 Adaptive Interfaces
  • 3.6 An Experiment in Embodied Adaptivity
  • 3.7 Conferences and Cooperation
  • 3.8 Designing the Medium
  • 3.9 Conclusions
  • 4 Domain Knowledge Agents for Information Retrieval
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Agent Architecture
  • 4.4 Knowledge Agents
  • 4.5 Object-Oriented Implementation
  • 4.6 Conclusion
  • 5 Autonomous Agents in the Support of Cooperative Authorship
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 A Model of Cooperative Authorship
  • Rapporteur
  • 5.6 Discussion and Conclusion
  • 6 Agency within CSCW: Towards the Development of Active Cooperative Working Environments
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Related Research
  • 6.3 The Cooperative Working Platform
  • 6.4 Conclusions
  • 7 A Model for Supporting Interacting Knowledge Sources
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 The Scope for AI in CSCW
  • 7.3 Organizational Decision Making and Interacting Knowledge Sources
  • 7.4 A Model for Supporting Interacting Knowledge Sources
  • 7.5 Modelling Communication in Multiparticipant Settings
  • 7.6 Conclusion
  • 8 A Functional Model of Interacting Systems: A Semiotic Approach
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 An Overview of Interaction
  • 8.3 A Detailed View of Interaction
  • 8.4 Discussion H
  • 8.5 Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Examples of the Model in Action

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