Frameworks for Group Support Systems

Deciding on which frameworks to use and designing those frameworks are complicated tasks. In this paper we propose using the Task and Technology Interaction (TTI) model as a frame of reference for tackling these problems in the domain of Group Support Systems (GSSs). The TTI provides a set of three high level abstractions for determining fundamental invariants of the nature of technological support embedded in GSSs and an array of distinctions within each of the three abstractions that can be used for designing frameworks for GSS

From Isolation to Collaboration:A WWW based Collaborative Review System

Decisions to accept or reject manuscripts when referees have polarized opinions about the worth of a manuscript entreat the scientific community to devise means that discourage the use of subjective criteria and increase the level of inter-referee agreement. This paper describes a decision model and a system that not only provides a means to improve the inter-referee agreement, but also includes mechanisms for curtailing often noted group process losses. It is argued that the World Wide Web based Distributed Group Support System allows opportunities for implementing and experimenting with various communication and decision structures that have significant ramifications for the peer review process