This paper explores the relationship between what influences and shapes the unique and locally situated method-in-action and how it consequently emerges. Based on a synthesis of prominent Information Systems (Development) literature, an analytical framework is developed. The framework is organised into three perspectives: 1) the structuralist, 2) the individualist and 3) the interactive process...

Lately, distributed applications have been improved with the emergence of a great number of different terminals and networks. Adaptability has become a common approach to solve heterogeneity problems involved by the use of multiple devices. Indeed, we have introduced global adaptation to improve merging adaptability with distributed applications. Global adaptation allows dynamic, transparent an...

Agencies consisting of simple agents can be deployed on the Internet to solve problems that are too complex for single autonomous Internet agents. We deploy Bayesian agencies on the Internet to achieve emergent belief propagation through the collective behavior of simple agents organized into heterarchies of agencies. Collectively the agents use probabilistic reasoning to deal with the uncertai...

Information and communications technologies (ICTs) have been at the heart of a transformation of public services in the UK, in a process that has seen the emergence of forms of 'electronic public services' (EPS). Policy makers have hoped that EPS will bring about improved, convenient, accessible and cheaper public services. The Internet has been at the heart of attempts to deliver EPS. However,...

This article is an introduction to the special issue of CyberPsychology and Behavior entitled Education, Hypermedia, and the World Wide Web. This article describes the methods for soliciting contributions and presents a brief overview of the authors and their articles. I also discuss some general themes that I gleaned from the authors’ contributions. A central theme that emerges from these arti...