In this paper a tuple space based co-ordination language, and a run-time system which supports it is described. The co-ordination language is called WCL, and it is designed to support agent co-ordination over the Internet between agents which are geographically distributed. WCL uses tuple spaces as used in Linda. WCL provides a richer set of primitives that traditional tuple space based systems...

We investigate the antecedents of conflict on collocated as compared with geographically distributed teams. In our field study of 16 collocated and 20 geographically distributed research and development teams, we found little evidence that distributed teams have more conflict. However, we did find that distributed teams experienced more coordination problems and less healthy conflict handling n...

Across a wide variety of fields, huge datasets are being collected and accumulated at a dramatical pace. The datasets addressed by individual applications are very often heterogeneous and geographically distributed, and are used for collaboration by the communities of users, which are often large and also geographically distributed. There are major challenges involved in the efficient and relia...

This paper reports a distributed architecture for supporting Internet-based distance learning coauthoring. Such architecture intends to allow cooperation among geographically distributed teachers, who will be able to create lessons together, exchanging ideas and producing a rich content for their students. This architecture has been developed aiming at promoting a distributed processing of info...

Developing web applications using Geographically Distributed Team Members has seen an increased popularity during the last years mainly because the rise of Open Source technologies, fast penetration of the Internet in emerging economies, the continuous quest for reduced costs as well for the fast adoption of online platforms and services which successfully address project planning, coordination...