{"title":"Agent training plan for sustainable groups","authors":"Haibin Zhu","doi":"10.1109/CTS.2012.6261070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CTS.2012.6261070","url":null,"abstract":"Adaptive Collaboration (AC) is to build a sustainable group that can work well even though the environment and the state of the group change. Role assignment is an important task in Role-Based Collaboration (RBC) and AC. There are many variations and different requirements in the process of role assignment. In this paper, a new requirement to build a sustainable group is established based on the analysis of the structure of a group. With this requirement, the model of RBC - E-CARGO is modified and more formal concepts are defined. A problem of agent training plan is proposed to meet this requirement and an efficient solution is proposed to solve this problem. The proposed algorithm is verified by comparisons with IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Platform V12.2 by randomly created groups of agents and roles. The major contribution of this paper is to clarify for the first time the problem of agent training plan for a sustainable group and proposes an efficient algorithm.","PeriodicalId":200122,"journal":{"name":"2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129373363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collaborative virtual environment to study aircraft evacuation for training and education","authors":"Sharad Sharma, S. Otunba","doi":"10.1109/CTS.2012.6261107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CTS.2012.6261107","url":null,"abstract":"Numerous studies have explored the process of learning and its effectiveness in training and education. Collaborative virtual environment for studying aircraft evacuations in virtual reality environment can be used as an education and training tool. We believe that people learn best through real life experiences and that a sense of presence is developed in a virtual environment that can provide real world knowledge and experience. Our proposed multiuser environment consists of aircrafts, an airport, runways, and a control tower. Virtual reality experiments with virtual evacuation drills are necessary to study human behavior under panic or stressful situations that cannot be evaluated in the real world. The use of collaborative virtual environments to run virtual evacuation drills for an emergency evacuation eliminates risk of injury to participants and allows for the testing of scenarios that could not be tested in real life due to legal issues and possible health risks to participants. Our contribution lies in our approach to combine computer simulated agents and user controlled autonomous agents in a collaborative virtual environment to perform virtual evacuation drills. Results from this study can be used to measure the effectiveness of current procedures, protocols, and the effectiveness of training for airline and security personals.","PeriodicalId":200122,"journal":{"name":"2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121173272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noriyuki Ishida, Donghui Lin, Toshiyuki Takasaki, T. Ishida
{"title":"Supporting multilingual discussion for collaborative translation","authors":"Noriyuki Ishida, Donghui Lin, Toshiyuki Takasaki, T. Ishida","doi":"10.1109/CTS.2012.6261055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CTS.2012.6261055","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, collaborative translation has become more and more important for translation volunteers to share knowledge among different languages, among which Wikipedia translation activity is a typical example. During the collaborative translation processes, users with different mother tongues always conduct frequent discussions about certain words or expressions to understand the content of original article and to decide the correct translation. To support such kind of multilingual discussions, we propose an approach to embedding a service-oriented multilingual infrastructure with discussion functions in collaborative translation systems, where discussions can be automatically translated into different languages with machine translators, dictionaries, and so on. Moreover, we propose a Meta Translation Algorithm to adapt the features of discussions for collaborative translation, where discussion articles always consist of expressions in different languages. Further, we implement the proposed approach on LiquidThreads, a BBS on Wikipedia, and apply it for multilingual discussion for Wikipedia translation to verify the effectiveness of this research.","PeriodicalId":200122,"journal":{"name":"2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116502254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving quality of data user experience in 4G distributed telecommunication systems","authors":"Omar Alsaleh, B. Hamdaoui, A. Rayes","doi":"10.1109/CTS.2012.6261024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CTS.2012.6261024","url":null,"abstract":"We propose an efficient service management technique that enhances the quality of experience (QoE) of 4G users by enabling them to locate the best available network service provider (NSP) among many existing NSPs. We also propose a practical method that 4G users can use to implement the proposed technique in a purely distributed manner. Using simulations, we show that the proposed technique i) increases network service availability by allowing 4G users to quickly find available NSPs, ii) are very scalable by performing well regardless of the number of users in the system, and iii) are implementable in decentralized fashion by relying on information that can be observed locally and without any cooperation.","PeriodicalId":200122,"journal":{"name":"2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125296340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Byron Reeves, James J. Cummings, James K. Scarborough, J. Flora, D. Anderson
{"title":"Leveraging the engagement of games to change energy behavior","authors":"Byron Reeves, James J. Cummings, James K. Scarborough, J. Flora, D. Anderson","doi":"10.1109/CTS.2012.6261074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CTS.2012.6261074","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present an ongoing research project that seeks to improve home energy behavior by connecting it to gameplay within an online multiplayer game. The project examines how the engagement mechanisms common in popular games may be leveraged to promote desired real-world energy behaviors among players. By inputting real world home energy data into a compelling social game, such information may be transformed into a more palatable and relevant form of feedback. Further, by tying energy-friendly real-world behaviors to in-game rewards, users may be incentivized to complete them. A completed game prototype, Power House, is described, and will be available for play during the conference.","PeriodicalId":200122,"journal":{"name":"2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130368665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A survey on social networks and organization development","authors":"Noor AlBalooshi, N. Mavridis, N. Al-Qirim","doi":"10.1109/CTS.2012.6261102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CTS.2012.6261102","url":null,"abstract":"Social networking sites emerged with the development of Web 2.0 tools and technologies. This phenomenon has grown in momentum with the appearance of popular websites such as Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter. However, apart from personal use, social networks have become an important constituent in the business field. This research introduces the evolution of social networking in relation to organizational development. Furthermore, it investigates multiple aspects and linkages between social networking and organizational development. This is in terms of creating a collaborative and a knowledge sharing social networks to produce more productive organization.","PeriodicalId":200122,"journal":{"name":"2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116558594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Connecting Distributed Version Control Systems communities to linked open data","authors":"K. Aslan, H. Skaf-Molli, P. Molli","doi":"10.1109/CTS.2012.6261056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CTS.2012.6261056","url":null,"abstract":"Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS) such as Git or Mercurial allow community of developers to coordinate and maintain well known software such as Linux operating system or Firefox web browser. The Push-Pull-Clone (PPC) collaboration model used in DVCS generates PPC social network where DVCS repositories are linked by push/pull relations. Unfortunately, DVCS tools poorly interoperate and are not navigable. The first issue prevents the development of generic tools and the second one prevents network analysis. In this paper, we propose to reuse semantic web technologies to transform any DVCS system into a social semantic web one. To achieve this objective, we propose SCHO+ a lightweight ontology that allows to represent causal history sharing. This ontology allows each node of the PPC social network to publish semantic datasets. Next, these semantic datasets can be queried with link transversal based query execution for metrics computation and PPC social network discovery. We experimented PPC network discovery and divergence metrics on real data from some representative projects managed by different DVCS tools.","PeriodicalId":200122,"journal":{"name":"2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116939019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploratory results for a mission specialist interface in micro unmanned aerial systems","authors":"J. Peschel, Brittany A. Duncan, R. Murphy","doi":"10.1109/CTS.2012.6261039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CTS.2012.6261039","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a human-robot interaction (HRI) exploratory study of a dedicated Mission Specialist interface for micro unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Current HRI findings from the micro UAS literature suggest that a Mission Specialist role requires a small, mobile, and visual interface that is dedicated and software-based. A literature survey of humanrobot team modeling, human-machine interaction technologies, and interaction principles applicable to micro UAS, resulted in an identified HRI investigation framework, five synthesized design guidelines, and a system architecture for a dedicated Mission Specialist interface. The interface was implemented and evaluated through an exploratory field study involving 16 specialized emergency responders. Observations from the study suggested that with refinements, a dedicated Mission Specialist interface could be a useful tool for future HRI studies to explore role performance in micro UAS.","PeriodicalId":200122,"journal":{"name":"2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132808546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Kuo, A. Kushniruk, E. Borycki, F. Lai, S. Dorjgochoo, E. Altangerel, C. Jigjidsuren
{"title":"A cloud computing based platform for sharing healthcare research information","authors":"M. Kuo, A. Kushniruk, E. Borycki, F. Lai, S. Dorjgochoo, E. Altangerel, C. Jigjidsuren","doi":"10.1109/CTS.2012.6261097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CTS.2012.6261097","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to propose a cloud-based data mining (DM) platform for researchers in three different geographic locations (Canada, Taiwan and Mongolia) for sharing research data/results through the Internet while remaining cost effective, flexible, secure and privacy-preserved. In addition, the study evaluates the implementation challenges of the cloud based platform and provides potential solutions to handle the identified issues so that other similar research can use this study as a reference to determine whether (or how) to migrate from traditional to cloud-based services.","PeriodicalId":200122,"journal":{"name":"2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134372501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ReflectWorld: A distributed architecture for meetings and groups evolution analysis","authors":"Flaviu Roman, Omar Mubin, P. Dillenbourg","doi":"10.1109/CTS.2012.6261082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CTS.2012.6261082","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we describe the efforts in taking advantage of the latest IT developments, (especially of the development of mobile computing devices such as tablets or phones) to create a comprehensive architecture for face-to-face meetings support and groups evolution analysis. The main purpose of the architecture is to mitigate frequent meetings problems by providing state-of-the-art technological support to groups or teams. This paper introduces ReflectWorld, the distributed architecture created on top of the principles of Reflect Table, a meeting support and analysis system centered on individuals' participation and interactions.","PeriodicalId":200122,"journal":{"name":"2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122431037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}