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CORR
1999
Springer
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13 years 8 months ago
Brittle System Analysis
The goal of this paper is to define and analyze systems which exhibit brittle behavior. This behavior is characterized by a sudden and steep decline in performance as the system s...
Stephen F. Bush, John E. Hershey, Kirby Vosburgh
KESAMSTA
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Quantitative Analysis of Single-Level Single-Mediator Multi-agent Systems
Queueing Theory deals with problems where some restricted resource should be shared between competitive flow of requests. In this paper we use Queueing Theory methods to perform a...
Moon Ho Lee, Aliaksandr Birukou, Alexander N. Dudi...
PDC
2004
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
The impact of participation in information system design: a comparison of contextual placements
To compare the outcomes of participatory and user-centered contextual design, case study methods and the Activity Checklist derived from Activity Theory are used to analyze two sy...
Magnus Irestig, Henrik Eriksson, Toomas Timpka
GROUP
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Proactive support for the organization of shared workspaces using activity patterns and content analysis
Shared workspace systems provide virtual places for selforganized and semi-structured cooperation between local and distributed team members. These cooperation systems have been a...
Wolfgang Prinz, Baber Zaman
ICALT
2008
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Learning Technology Standards Adoption How to Improve Process and Product Legitimacy
Standardisation of learning technologies as a coordinated design activity needs legitimacy to attract the necessary support from its stakeholders. This paper identifies the need f...
Tore Hoel, Paul A. Hollins