大部分的工程或者是開發軟體，往往不是單單一個人亦或是一個小小的團隊就可以完成龐大或複雜的工程，所以團隊合作就是一件很重要的事情。為了要讓參與這開發案的人員能夠有良好的效率，就必須將資訊同步化與一致化，這樣才能讓開發案更順利以及快速。近年來，由於平板電腦的崛起與平價，已經逐步改變了各行各業的人們使用電腦的方式與習慣，並有逐步取代傳統的桌上型電腦或者是筆記型電腦的趨勢。更甚者，平板電腦已逐步邁入企業環境並由娛樂型電子裝置逐步轉型為生產力工具。
本研究嘗試探討將平板電腦導入協同作業當中，而提出了一個應用平板電腦於協同合作進行討論的模式。此外並進一步探討使用平板電腦是否能夠比使用個人電腦進行協同合作討論更佳，例如讓使用者更方便的去討論或是討論的效率更佳等等。本研究將鄒昌佑[1] 中所發展出一套隧道維護管理系統，衍生出一款運行於Android系統上的應用程式，該應用程式利用藍牙與電腦端的管理系統作連接，直接讀取該資料庫的內容，再加以整理與呈現。而在開發完成後，本研究並設計了題目以及問卷，並找適當的受試者進行測驗。而測驗的結果可以用來協助本研究了解使用平板於協同合作作業時的優點為何。
測驗結果顯示，在協同作業時，使用平板電腦整體而言優於使用個人電腦，受試者也認為平板電腦於未來能夠成為主流輔助協同合作的工具。我們發現在於協同作業上，平板的表現優於電腦，不管是在使用者觀感上或者是操作時間上，都顯示平板的是較優的。

Teamwork is almost always necessary in engineering or software projects. In teamwork, all team members must have access to consistent and synchronized information, so that the project can be completed quickly and smoothly. In recent years, tablet computers have changed how people access information. In the past, information are mostly access using desktop or laptop personal computers. Today, tablet computers have become popular and their price have become reasonable. As a result, tablet computers have replaced desktop and laptop computers and have become the primary device for people to access information. Today, tablet computers are changing from entertainment devices at home into productive devices in business environment.
In this study, we try to explore the benefit of using tablet computers, comparing to conventional desktop or laptop computers, in collaboration. We try to quantify the benefit of tablet computers when engineers discuss about tunnel anomalies. To achieve this goal, we extended the tunnel maintenance and management information system developed by Chang-You Zou[1] to be the server of information to tablet computers. The information is transferred to tablet computers via Bluetooth. An app is developed on tablet computers based on Android. The app can display tunnel data and visualize tunnel lining images. The developed app and the original PC-based application is tested by several teams of students. We developed questionnaires and timed their discussions in order to quantify the benefits of using tablet computers over desktop or laptop computers.
The result obtained in this study shows that the use of table computers is better than using desktop or laptop computers in collaboration. Participants also believe that tablet computers will become the mainstream tool to assist people in their collaboration.

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