E-CARGO and role-based collaboration : modeling and solving problems in the complex world

"This book systematically describes the fundamental understanding of collaboration, collaboration systems, and complex systems and then propose solutions to the related problems with the assistance of the model and methodology. The structure follows a typical technology development document that begins with an introduction to collaboration and problem solving, then provide a thorough survey of the fundamental concept role. After that, Role-Based Collaboration (RBC) methodology, the model E-CARGO are defined and illustrated. After a thorough description of the technical specifications, the book investigates thoroughly important problems in RBC, i.e., Group Role Assignment (GRA), Extensions of GRA, Role Transfer, and highlights representative applications from different aspects of the methodology"--