Wolves, bees, and football: Enhancing coordination in sociotechnological problem solving systems through the study of human and animal groups Export

@article{citeulike:1507796, abstract = {This paper describes how sociotechnological systems comprising human and technological agents can be considered problem solving systems. Problem solving systems typically comprise many agents, each characterized by at least partial autonomy. A challenge for problem solving systems is to coordinate system agent operations during problem solving. This paper explores how competence models of human-human and animal-animal coordination might be used to inform the design of problem solving systems so that the potential for agent coordination is enhanced. System design principles are identified based on a review of competent coordination in human groups, such as work and sport teams, and animal groups, such wolf packs and bee colonies. These principles are then discussed in relation to agent coordination in the domains of E-Science, future combat systems, and medicine, which typify real-world environments comprising problem solving systems.}, author = {Eccles, David W. and Groth, Paul T.}, booktitle = {Including the Special Issue: Education and Pedagogy with Learning Objects and Learning Designs}, citeulike-article-id = {1507796}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2006.05.004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VDC-4K7WJ59-1/2/704c3425169ce2c04df2c7a9b066b8d6}, doi = {10.1016/j.chb.2006.05.004}, journal = {Computers in Human Behavior}, keywords = {problem-solving, systems, teams}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {2778--2790}, posted-at = {2007-07-28 00:24:35}, priority = {2}, title = {Wolves, bees, and football: Enhancing coordination in sociotechnological problem solving systems through the study of human and animal groups}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2006.05.004}, volume = {23}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1507796 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1507796 N2 - This paper describes how sociotechnological systems comprising human and technological agents can be considered problem solving systems. Problem solving systems typically comprise many agents, each characterized by at least partial autonomy. A challenge for problem solving systems is to coordinate system agent operations during problem solving. This paper explores how competence models of human-human and animal-animal coordination might be used to inform the design of problem solving systems so that the potential for agent coordination is enhanced. System design principles are identified based on a review of competent coordination in human groups, such as work and sport teams, and animal groups, such wolf packs and bee colonies. These principles are then discussed in relation to agent coordination in the domains of E-Science, future combat systems, and medicine, which typify real-world environments comprising problem solving systems. IS - 6 JF - Computers in Human Behavior EP - 2790 TI - Wolves, bees, and football: Enhancing coordination in sociotechnological problem solving systems through the study of human and animal groups VL - 23 T2 - Including the Special Issue: Education and Pedagogy with Learning Objects and Learning Designs SP - 2778 KW - problem-solving KW - systems KW - teams AU - Eccles, David AU - Groth, Paul PY - 2007/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2006.05.004 ER -