Teams performing physical tasks must often be distributed in space, and are often organized hierarchically. This means that systems to support collaboration between members must ac...
Negotiation is a fundamental mechanism in distributed multi-agent systems. Since negotiation is a time-spending process, in many scenarios agents have to take into account the pas...
This paper proposes the use of session types to extend with behavioural information the simple descriptions usually provided by software component interfaces. We show how session t...
Antonio Vallecillo, Vasco Thudichum Vasconcelos, A...
Awareness has been extensively studied in human computer interaction (HCI) and computer supported cooperative work (CSCW). The success of many collaborative systems hinges on effe...
Umer Farooq, Craig H. Ganoe, John M. Carroll, Isaa...
Ninety million Americans have inadequate health literacy, resulting in a reduced ability to read and follow directions in the healthcare environment. We describe an animated, empa...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Laura M. Pfeifer, Brian W. Ja...