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Plans and situated actions: the problem of human-machine communication

Lucy Suchman
- 15 Dec 1987 - 
- Vol. 103, Iss: 3, pp 424
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This paper presents a meta-modelling architecture for human-machine communication that automates the very labor-intensive and therefore time-heavy and therefore expensive and expensive process of designing and implementing communication systems.
Abstract
Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Interactive artefacts 3. Plans 4. Situated actions 5. Communicative resources 6. Case and methods 7. Human-machine communication 8. Conclusion References Indices.

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A review of safety culture theory and its potential application to traffic safety

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Adaptive Behavior in Autonomous Agents

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Knowledge sharing practices and the impact of cultural factors: reflections on two case studies of offshoring in SME.

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The coordination of labour in sports teams

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Un programme de recherche technologique en formation des adultes

Marc Durand
TL;DR: This article present an approche scientifique en formation des adultes portant sur l'activite humaine, which articule de two programs: l'un de recherche empirique consacre a l’analyse de lactivite dans different pratiques, l'other de conception de situations visant a favoriser son apprentissage/developpement.
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Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design

TL;DR: It is argued that what AI needs is not so much a hermeneutic approach as a better appreciation of biology and psychology.
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Situations and Attitudes

Jon Barwise, +1 more
TL;DR: Barwise and Perry as discussed by the authors tackle the slippery subject of "meaning, " a subject that has long vexed linguists, language philosophers, and logicians, and they tackle it in this book.
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Situations and Attitudes.

TL;DR: Barwise and Perry as discussed by the authors tackle the slippery subject of ''meaning, '' a subject that has long vexed linguists, language philosophers, and logicians, and they tackle it in this book.