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AOSE
2003
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Activity Theory for the Analysis and Design of Multi-agent Systems
This paper shows how to verify a Multi-Agent System specification using human organization metaphors. This proposal applies Activity Theory, which has its roots in Sociology, to st...
Rubén Fuentes, Jorge J. Gómez-Sanz, ...
IJBIS
2010
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14 years 7 months ago
Designing information systems requirements in context: insights from the theory of deferred action
This paper considers conceptual and contextual issues relating to the problem of developing systems models capable of representing knowable and unknowable information requirements...
Nandish V. Patel, Ray Hackney
CORR
2006
Springer
121views Education» more  CORR 2006»
14 years 9 months ago
On Using Matching Theory to Understand P2P Network Design
This paper aims to provide insight into stability of collaboration choices in P2P networks. We study networks where exchanges between nodes are driven by the desire to receive the...
Dmitry Lebedev, Fabien Mathieu, Laurent Viennot, A...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Secrets and lies in computer-mediated interaction: theory, methods and design
The keeping of secrets and practicing of deception are commonplace in everyday social interaction. They also serve an important role in encouraging social cohesion. However, for H...
Adam N. Joinson, Jeffrey T. Hancock, Pamela Briggs
HICSS
2002
IEEE
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15 years 2 months ago
Designing Information Technology Governance Processes: Diagnosing Contemporary Practices and Competing Theories
Whereas previous studies have been primarily focused on the structural features of Information Technology governance, this paper describes an exploratory study of IT governance pr...
Pieter M. A. Ribbers, Ryan Peterson, Marylin M. Pa...