Publisher's Synopsis
A book intended for researchers in HCI, AI, expert systems builders, computer scientists. The development of both faster computing and communications, and better interfaces has led to a demand for computing to assist people working together. Computer-supported cooperative work is an emerging discipline in computing, concerned with designing interfaces for such use.;This book is based upon the UMMS special editions on computer-supported cooperative work and groupware, published in February and March 1991. It provides the novice with an insight into the field, as well as informing the active computer-supported cooperative work researcher of several new projects and perspectives.