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CIVIL: support geo-collaboration with information visualization

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Xiaolong Zhang,

Gregorio Convertino,

John M. CarrollAuthors Info & Claims

GROUP '09: Proceedings of the 2009 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work

Pages 273 - 276

https://doi.org/10.1145/1531674.1531714

Published: 10 May 2009 Publication History

Abstract

Teams of specialized experts, such as emergency management planning teams, while making decisions need to efficiently pool domain-specific knowledge, synthesize relevant information, and keep track of collaborators activities at a low interaction cost. This requires tools that allow monitoring both low-level information (e.g., individual actions and external events) and higher-order activities (e.g., how members contribute to groupwork). This paper presents design of CIVIL, a system prototype developed to support map-based decision-making. We report our empirical evaluation of the effects of visualizations on the decision process and the final product.

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CIVIL: support geo-collaboration with information visualization
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing

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University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA

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Seidel N(2021)Designing systems for mobile collaborationProceedings of the 26th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs10.1145/3489449.3489999(1-13)Online publication date: 7-Jul-2021
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