Group communication is a useful mechanism guaranteeing consistency among replicated objects. The existing approaches do not allow transparent plug-in of group communication protocols into CORBA. They either require modification of CORBA or OS, or provide no room for incorporating group communication transport protocols into CORBA. We thus propose a generic group communication framework that all...

We live at a time of rapid change in a world of challenges and contrasts. 7%e opportunities for application of Group Support Systems (GSS) in international contexts are many in number ana’ broad reaching in implication. A methodology for regional development studies has been developed by the ITESM Center for Strategic Studies in Monterrey, Mexico. This paper examines their use of GroupSystem, r...

The CORBA has many attractive features such as reusability, portability, and interoperability which are key issues in the integration of heterogeneous and distributed computing system. However, it provides little support for fault tolerance and high availability that can be supported by means of object replication. The existing approaches do not support transparent plug-in of group communicatio...

Decision theoretic models of group decision processes usually assume a given set of alternatives, about which the decision has to take place. In realistic group decision situations, however, alternatives are often not specified a priori, but are created during the group process from different components introduced by the group members. This paper develops methods for systematically creating suc...

Introduction This chapter explores the implications of cross-cultural issues, broadly defined, to the implementation and use of electronic communications technology in organizations. It discusses various perspectives on culture and diversity, critiques several models of electronic group communication and support systems, and offers a model to consider the implications of cultural diversity for ...

(ABSTRACT) TEAMDEC is a Group Decision Support System (GDSS). The development of a GDSS is supported by a broad spectrum of theories and techniques. Two major aspects of GDSS development were considered in TEAMDEC design: HCI and decision-making assistance. These two aspects interact to promote an interactive group decision support system with high quality. Decision guidance using a script-base...

This paper describes a new, locally developed Internet-based electronic group support system that automatically translates among 34 languages through a linkage with Google Translate. The overall accuracy rate was only 86%, but near perfect accuracy might not be needed for informal, information gathering group meetings in which ideas are often redundant and can be rephrased. Further, the transla...

Our purpose in this article is to combine three previously published papers in order to apply a general Methodological frame to a specific problem. Because system design is a special case of problem solving, we will try to apply A Generalized Group Decision Support System (GDSS) for Group Problem Solving: (Callaos, et.al. 1999; Callaos and Lesso, 1999) to the specific area of System Design. Thi...