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Coordination science: Challenges and directions

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Coordination Technology for Collaborative Applications (ASIAN 1996)

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Several distinct kinds of “coordination technology” have evolved to support effective coordination in cooperative work. This paper reviews some of the major weaknesses with current coordination technology and suggests several technical directions for addressing these weaknesses. These directions include developing semi-structured process representations that explicitly capture cooperative work inter-dependencies, exploiting advanced product and software design technologies for process design, and integrating coordination technologies to synergistically combine their strengths and avoid their individual weaknesses.

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Klein, M. (1998). Coordination science: Challenges and directions. In: Conen, W., Neumann, G. (eds) Coordination Technology for Collaborative Applications. ASIAN 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1364. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027105

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