Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Author Biography -- Preface -- A Guide to Reading This Book -- Acknowledgments -- Symbols and Notations (Nomenclature) -- Part 1 Backgrounds -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Collaboration and Collaboration Systems -- 1.1.1 Collaboration -- 1.1.2 Collaboration Systems -- 1.2 Collaboration as ̀̀Divide and Conquer ́́ -- 1.3 Key Components of Collaboration -- 1.4 The Nature of Collaboration -- 1.5 The Complexity of Collaboration -- 1.6 Collectivism or Individualism -- 1.7 Collaboration and Complex Systems -- 1.7.1 What Are Complex Systems?
1.7.2 Examples of Complex Systems -- 1.8 Collaboration and Problem Solving -- 1.9 Summary -- References -- Exercises -- Chapter 2 Role Concepts -- 2.1 Terminology -- 2.2 Modeling-Roles -- 2.3 Roles in Agent Systems -- 2.4 Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) -- 2.5 Roles in CSCW Systems -- 2.6 Roles in Social Psychology and Management -- 2.7 Convergence of Role Concepts -- 2.8 Summary -- References -- Exercises -- Part 2 Methodologies and Models -- Chapter 3 Role-Based Collaboration -- 3.1 Requirements for Role-Based Collaboration -- 3.2 Architecture of an RBC System
3.3 The Environment Established by Role-Based Collaboration -- 3.4 The Process of Role-Based Collaboration -- 3.5 Fundamental Principles of RBC -- 3.5.1 Object Principles -- 3.5.2 Agent Principles -- 3.5.3 Role Principles -- 3.5.4 Group Principles -- 3.6 Benefits of Role-Based Collaboration -- 3.6.1 Establish Trust in Collaboration -- 3.6.2 Establish Dynamics -- 3.6.3 Facilitate Interaction -- 3.6.4 Support Adaptation -- 3.6.5 Information Sharing -- 3.6.6 Other Benefits -- 3.7 Summary -- References -- Exercises -- Chapter 4 The E-CARGO Model -- 4.1 First Class Components
4.1.1 Objects and Classes -- 4.1.2 Roles and Environments -- 4.1.3 Agents and Groups -- 4.2 Second Class Components -- 4.2.1 Users or Human Users -- 4.2.2 Message -- 4.2.3 System -- 4.3 Fundamental Relationships in E-CARGO -- 4.3.1 The Relations Among Roles -- 4.3.2 The Relations Between Roles and Agents -- 4.3.3 The Relations Between Agents -- 4.3.4 Properties of an RBC System -- 4.4 Related Work -- 4.5 Summary -- References -- Exercises -- Chapter 5 Group Role Assignment (GRA) -- 5.1 Role Assignment -- 5.2 A Real-World Problem -- 5.3 Extended Expression of the E-CARGO Model
5.4 Group Role Assignment Problems -- 5.4.1 Simple Role Assignment -- 5.4.2 Rated Group Role Assignment -- 5.4.3 Weighted Role Assignment -- 5.5 General Assignment Problem and the K-M Algorithm -- 5.6 Solutions to GRA Problems -- 5.7 Implementation and Performance Analysis -- 5.8 Case Study by Simulation -- 5.9 Related Work -- 5.10 Summary -- References -- Exercises -- Chapter 6 Group Role Assignment with Constraints (GRA+) -- 6.1 Group Multi-Role Assignment (GMRA) -- 6.1.1 A Real-World Scenario -- 6.1.2 Problem Formalization -- 6.1.3 The CPLEX Solution and Its Performance Experiments
