Inter- and intra-relationships between communication coordination and cooperation in the scope of the 3C Collaboration Model

Based on the 3C collaboration model, this article descries the mapping of a variety of collaboration forms onto inter-relationships between communication, coordination and cooperation. In order to investigate how to provide computational support for these three functional collaboration dimensions the analysis shifts from the inter-relationships between these three dimensions to their intra-relationships. Finally, Gestalt psychology principles are used to discuss the suitability of the approach to human perception.