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Data Intensiveness and Cognitive Complexity in Contemporary Collaboration and Decision Making Settings

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This chapter reviews the state-of-the-art on collaboration and decision making support in contemporary settings. Related issues concerning integration technologies are also discussed. The methodologies, tools and approaches discussed in the chapter are considered with respect to the information overload and cognitive complexity dimensions. The chapter aims to provide useful insights concerning the exploitation and advancement of existing collaboration and decision making support technologies.

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    Spyros Christodoulou, Nikos Karacapilidis & Manolis Tzagarakis

  2. School of Computing, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

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  3. School of Computer Science, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Guillermo de la Calle

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Christodoulou, S., Karacapilidis, N., Tzagarakis, M., Dimitrova, V., de la Calle, G. (2014). Data Intensiveness and Cognitive Complexity in Contemporary Collaboration and Decision Making Settings. In: Karacapilidis, N. (eds) Mastering Data-Intensive Collaboration and Decision Making. Studies in Big Data, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02612-1_2

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