 Scientific problem solving in a distributed and collaborative multimedia environmentVinod Anupam, Chandrajit Bajaj, Fausto Bernardini, Steve Cutchin, Jindon Chen, Daniel Schikore, Guoliang Xu, Peinan Zhang and Weiping Zhang Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), 1994, vol. 36, issue 4, 433-442 Abstract: We describe a distributed and collaborative environment for cooperative scientific problem solving. SHASTRA is a highly extensible, distributed and collaborative design and scientific manipulation environment. At its core is a powerful collaboration substrate - to support synchronous multi-user applications, and a distribution substrate - which emphasizes distributed problem solving. The design of SHASTRA is the embodiment of the following idea - scientific manipulation toolkits can abstractly be thought of as objects that isolate and provide specific functionality. At the system level, SHASTRA dictates architectural guidelines and provides communication facilities that let toolkits cooperate to utilize the functionality they offer. At the application level, it provides collaboration and multimedia facilities that let users cooperate. A synergistic union of these two elements yields a sophisticated problem solving environment. Date: 1994 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:matcom:v:36:y:1994:i:4:p:433-442 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4754(94)90076-0 Access Statistics for this article Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) is currently edited by Robert Beauwens More articles in Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) from Elsevier |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.