Web-centric systems in support of argumentation, negotiation, and organizatioinal memory
By: Randal R. Vickers, Carl M. Wright
Contributors: Wright, Carl M.
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
Description: The purpose of this thesis is to propose and demonstrate a new negotiation and argumentation medium. This medium will take advantage of the latest in web technologies while conducting a detailed analysis and design of a prototype web based decision support system to support on-line argumentation, claims, and team decisions. The information obtained from the application will be stored in an ODBC database, to be used as part of the organizational memory. Organization memory will significantly enhance an organizations ability to utilize historical data in conjunction with current decision making requirements. The findings in this study strongly support the strengths of the action-resource based argumentation system (ARBAS) model and indicate that future research and application development would significantly advance the fields of web-based negotiation and argumentation. A web-centric prototype developed during this research can be viewed at HTTP://WWW.CIMNET. NPS. NAVY. MIL/ THESIS.
Notes: "December 1997."

Thesis advisor(s): Tung X. Bui, Suresh Sridhar.

Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63).

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