In\nthis paper, the authors developed a system for collocated workers that serves\nas a workload manager. The manager takes into account the task difficulty,\nstrengths and weaknesses of the workers in the pool, local history, and how\nvarious subtasks are related to each other in order to help inform its\ndecision. After the workload manager selects a worker, they receive clear step\nby step instructions for how to execute their task. Their study results were\npromising, showing that the system helped reduce start-up and coordination time\nfor beginning a task. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Utilizing\nmobile phones is an efficient way to help the coordination process since most\npeople in the modern era are attached to their. Having a central location for\ninformation such as the dashboard is also key because it allows users to\ncollaborate both in the physical and virtual space. Idealistically, any system\nattempting to collaborate users should take advantage of both spaces for\noptimal results. On the other side, one weakness of the system is that it\nrequires the steps to be static. In other words, tasks cannot be determined or\nconcocted by the system itself. It could be extremely useful if the system\ncould dynamically create the instructions. Additionally, their results did not\nshow much improvement between the WeBuild group and (~1 second difference) the\ncontrol group. Furthermore, hand tools and LEGOS are a reasonable study, but\nseeing another practical example would have been more intriguing. It is\npossible their selected tasks also affected or contributed to the minimal\ndifference between the two groups in completion time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\ngeneral, this adaptive system aids the construction process and helps to\norganize the workers involved. The algorithms by the researchers used can be\nabstracted or modified in such a way that they could also be useful in another\nsystem with a similar goal in mind. It would be interesting to see how this\ntype of system and algorithm could be applied with collaboration in different\nphysical spaces. This particular research is more helpful towards a construction\nprocess rather than a creative process. However, if you were able to get the\nsystem to dynamically allocate and create tasks, then an abstract idea could be\nused during a more creative process. In that same token, our semester projects\nlie somewhere in between on the construction process and creative process.\nThere are some high-level steps we all are aware of for our projects\n(constructive realm). However, the micro-tasks are still fluid and fluctuating\n(creative realm). The system helps workers construct in real time, and the\nsteps for our projects most likely cannot be completed fast enough to make the\nsystem useful. Overall, the system appears useful given the right context, and\ntheir algorithm (perhaps with modifications) has the potential have utility\nwith other systems. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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