"This book offers insight into practical and methodological issues related to collaborative e-research and furthers readers understanding of current and future trends in online research and the types of technologies involved"--Provided by publisher.
Contributors from natural and social sciences and the humanities examine ideas and examples of research projects held together perhaps across the world by the Internet and a variety of communication and information technologies. Their topics include the web as a platform for electronic research in the social and behavioral sciences, connecting and enabling the humanities, non-verbal communication supported by artificial intelligence for enriched collaboration in distributed electronic research environments, a case study in exploration geophysics of conflicting cognitive models in collaborative electronic research, and social network analysis tools to understand how research groups interact. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)