Workflow- and agent-based cognitive flow management for distributed team Cooperation

Human cognition and work processes are two inseparable parts of human problem solving, however, the cognitive process is neglected in most research on knowledge-intensive team Cooperation. This paper presents an approach for modelling these two parts of the process for use by a distributed co-operative team. We define a new notion of cognitive flow to reflect the dynamic cognition processes of a team. The mechanism is built to model, control and manage the cognitive flow process. A solution for applying this approach to a distributed team during software development is presented. The experiment showed that the approach can improve the problem solving ability of a team.