TY - GEN
T1 - Establishing virtual enterprises by means of mobile agents
AU - Chrysanthis, Panos K.
AU - Znati, Taieb
AU - Banerjee, Sujata
AU - Chang, Shi Kuo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1999 IEEE.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Electronic commerce is expanding from the simple notion of electronic stores to the notion of virtual enterprises (VE), where existing enterprises dynamically form temporary alliances, joining their businesses in order to share their costs, skills and resources in supporting certain activities. Two fundamental problems in VE are: (1) how a VE is established, and (2) how information is shared among the VE participants in a controlled and efficient manner. Currently, existing enterprises are using workflows to automate their operations by integrating their information systems and human resources. Thus, in this paper, we view the establishment of a VE as a problem of dynamically expanding and integrating workflows in decentralized, autonomous and interacting workflow management systems. The focus is on the idea of mobile agents called «adlets» and their use in establishing VEs that involves advertising, negotiating and exchanging control information and data as well as its management.
AB - Electronic commerce is expanding from the simple notion of electronic stores to the notion of virtual enterprises (VE), where existing enterprises dynamically form temporary alliances, joining their businesses in order to share their costs, skills and resources in supporting certain activities. Two fundamental problems in VE are: (1) how a VE is established, and (2) how information is shared among the VE participants in a controlled and efficient manner. Currently, existing enterprises are using workflows to automate their operations by integrating their information systems and human resources. Thus, in this paper, we view the establishment of a VE as a problem of dynamically expanding and integrating workflows in decentralized, autonomous and interacting workflow management systems. The focus is on the idea of mobile agents called «adlets» and their use in establishing VEs that involves advertising, negotiating and exchanging control information and data as well as its management.
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U2 - 10.1109/RIDE.1999.758628
DO - 10.1109/RIDE.1999.758628
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85036455761
T3 - Proceedings - 9th International Workshop on Research Issues on Data Engineering: Information Technology for Virtual Enterprises, RIDE-VE 1999
SP - 116
EP - 123
BT - Proceedings - 9th International Workshop on Research Issues on Data Engineering
A2 - Georgakopoulos, Dimitrios
A2 - Maciaszek, Leszek
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 9th International Workshop on Research Issues on Data Engineering: Information Technology for Virtual Enterprises, RIDE-VE 1999
Y2 - 23 March 1999 through 24 March 1999
ER -