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CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Context-linked virtual assistants for distributed teams: an astrophysics case study
There is a growing need for distributed teams to analyze complex and dynamic data streams and make critical decisions under time pressure. Via a case study, we discuss potential g...
Sarah S. Poon, Rollin C. Thomas, Cecilia R. Aragon...
CHI
2004
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
If not now, when?: the effects of interruption at different moments within task execution
User attention is a scarce resource, and users are susceptible to interruption overload. Systems do not reason about the effects of interrupting a user during a task sequence. In ...
Piotr D. Adamczyk, Brian P. Bailey
MASCOTS
2004
13 years 9 months ago
Analysis of Peer-to-Peer Systems: Workload Characterization and Effects on Traffic Cacheability
Peer-to-peer file sharing networks have emerged as a new popular application in the Internet scenario. In this paper, we provide an analytical model of the resources size and of t...
Mauro Andreolini, Riccardo Lancellotti, Philip S. ...
ISPW
1996
IEEE
14 years 17 hour ago
Feedback, evolution and software technology
A 1968 study of the software process led, inter alia, to the observation that the software process constitutes a feedback system. Attempts at its management and improvement must t...
M. M. Lehman
CORR
2011
Springer
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12 years 11 months ago
Collective response of human populations to large-scale emergencies
Despite recent advances in uncovering the quantitative features of stationary human activity patterns, many applications, from pandemic prediction to emergency response, require a...
James P. Bagrow, Dashun Wang, Albert-Lászl&...