This paper outlines an aspect-oriented approach to support separation and modularization of crosscutting concerns in multi-agent systems. Aspects as abstractions to capture social ...
Carla T. L. L. Silva, Jaelson Brelaz de Castro, Jo...
This paper describes the results of a Wizard of Oz study of people's search behavior using BuddySystem, a proximitysensing system designed to help end-users locate people, pl...
Leila Takayama, Lawrence Leung, Xiaodong Jiang, Ja...
Cooperative Information Systems (CIS) often consist of applications that access shared resources such as databases. Since centralized systems may have a great impact on the system...
In this paper we report an ethnographic study of workarounds--informal temporary practices for handling exceptions to normal workflow--in a hospital environment. Workarounds are a...
Marina Kobayashi, Susan R. Fussell, Yan Xiao, F. J...
In this paper, we describe the notion of a semantic information portal. This is a community information portal that exploits the semantic web standards to improve structure, exten...