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1、386Int.J.WebBasedCommunities,Vol.3,No.4,2007Mobilevirtualcommunitiesresearch:asynthesisofcurrenttrendsandalookatfutureperspectivesChristoElMorr*SchoolofHealthPolicyandManagementYorkUniversity4700KeeleStreet,HNESBldg.#433,TorontoONM3J1P3,CanadaE-mail:elmorr@yorku.ca*CorrespondingauthorJ
2、alalKawashDepartmentofComputerScienceAmericanUniversityofSharjahP.O.Box26666,Sharjah,UAEE-mail:jkawash@aus.eduAbstract:Thisarticleisasynthesisofcurrentresearchtrendsinmobilevirtualcommunities.ItclassifiesMobileVirtualCommunities(MVCs)researchintoappropriatedomains,andcategorisesthediff
3、erenttypesofvirtualcommunitieswithrespecttothreecriteria:thedegreeofvirtualisation,thedegreeofmobilityandthedegreeofcooperation.Italsodrawssomeconclusionsonfutureresearchdirections.Keywords:MobileVirtualCommunities;MVCs;ComputerSupportedCooperativeWork;CSCW;virtualcommunities;mobility;
4、survey.Referencetothispapershouldbemadeasfollows:ElMorr,C.andKawash,J.(2007)‘Mobilevirtualcommunitiesresearch:asynthesisofcurrenttrendsandalookatfutureperspectives’,Int.J.WebBasedCommunities,Vol.3,No.4,pp.386–403.Biographicalnotes:ChristoElMorrreceivedhisPhDfromtheUniversityofTechnolog
5、yofCompiègne,Francein1997.HeiscurrentlyanAssistantProfessorofHealthInformaticsatYorkUniversityinToronto,Canada.Hisresearchinterestsareinhealthinformationsystems,e-health,ElectronicHealthRecords(EHR),informationsystemsintegration,softwareengineering,PictureArchivingandCommunicationSyste
6、ms(PACS)andtelemedicine.JalalKawashreceivedhisPhDfromtheUniversityofCalgary,Canadain2000.HeiscurrentlyanAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofComputerScienceattheAmericanUniversityofSharjahintheUAEandisanAdjunctAssistantProfessorattheUniversityofCalgaryinCanada.Hisresearchinterestsareindi
7、stributedsystems,mobilevirtualcommunitiesandcomputingeducation.Copyright©2007InderscienceEnterprisesLtd.Mobilevirtualcommunitiesresearch3871IntroductionOverthepastfewyears,theworldhasbeenwitnessingaconstantproliferationofmobiledevicesandwirelesstechnologies.Thisproliferationisalsocom
