Distributed Group Support Systems

本研究由协调理论与协作技术特别倡议资助。这是那次比赛的11个获胜者之一。本项目涉及分布式群体支持系统的理论构建、软件工具开发和评估以及控制实验的综合计划。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的通信系统中。该项目的主要目标是建立一个由经验证据支持的一般理论，以理解群体结构和软件工具的变化如何影响决策制定的过程和结果。这种多学科的努力集中在参与者分布在不同地点的同步计算机会议和参与者分布在时间和空间上的异步计算机会议上。

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.