Distributed Group Support Systems

这项研究是由联合国特别倡议资助的。 协调理论与协作技术。 这是 在这场比赛中，有11名获胜者。 该项目涉及理论建设的综合方案， 软件工具的开发和评估， 分布式群体支持系统的实验。 这样的系统 将群体决策支持系统工具和程序嵌入到 计算机中介通信系统。 的主要目的 该项目是建立一个普遍的理论，支持经验 证据，以了解群体结构的变化， 软件工具影响决策的过程和结果。 这种多学科的努力集中在同步计算机 会议，与会者分布在不同的 地点，并在异步计算机会议，其中 参与在时间和空间上都有分布。

This research is funded under the Special Initiative on Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology. This is one of eleven winners under that competition. This project involves an integrated program of theory building, software tool development and assessment, and controlled experiments in distributed group support systems. Such systems embed group decision support system tools and procedures within a computer-mediated communication system. The primary objective of the project is to build a general theory, supported by empirical evidence, to understand how variations in group structures and software tools affect the process and outcome of decision making. This multi-disciplinary effort focusses on synchronous computer conference, in which participants are distributed in different locations, and on asynchronous computer conference, in which participation is distributed in time as well as space.