Processes and Foundations for Virtual Organizations: Ifip Tc5 / Wg5.5 Fourth Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (Pro-Ve'03) October 29-31, 2003

ISBN-13: 9781402076381 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 558 str.

Luis M. Camarinha-Matos; Hamideh Afsarmanesh; Luis M. Ed Camarinha-Matos

Opis

Collaborative networked organizations, either as a collaboration among organizations such as virtual enterprises / virtual organizations, or collaboration among people such as professional virtual organizations, or even a mixed combination such as in e-Science, represent a very dynamic research and development area.
Collaborative networked organizations - for which a growing number of case studies can be found nowadays in different sectors of industry, services, and even governmental organizations - provide a basis for cooperation, competitiveness, world-excellence, and agility in turbulent market and environment conditions. In the case of companies, collaborative networks can support them to identify and exploit new business potential, boost innovation, and increase their knowledge.
Processes and Foundations for Virtual Organizations contains selected articles from PRO-VE'03, the Fourth Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Lugano, Switzerland in October 2003. This fourth edition includes a rich set of papers revealing the progress and achievements in the main current focus areas: -VO breeding environments;
-Formation of collaborative networked organizations;
-Ontologies and knowledge management;
-Process models and interoperability;
-Infrastructures;
-Multi-agent approaches. In spite of many valid contributions in these areas, many research challenges remain. This is clearly stated in a number of papers suggesting a new research agenda and strategic research roadmaps for advanced virtual organizations.
With the selected papers included in this book, PRO-VE pursues its double mission as a forum for presentation and discussion of achievements as well as a place to discuss and suggest new directions and research strategies.

Spis treści

Co-Sponsors. Committees And Referees. Foreword - Pursuing Excellence In Collaborative Networked Organizations. Part 1: Research Challenges For Advanced VO. 1. New Collaborative Organizations And Their Research Needs; L.M. Camarinha-Matos. 2. Collaborative Knowledge Networks - Reflections From A Performance Measurement, Complexity And Knowledge Perspective; N.G. Roth, S. Evans. 3. Modeling The Structure Of Collaborative Networks: Some Contributions; A.L. Soares, et al. Part 2: Roadmaps For Collaborative Networks. 4. A Roadmap For Strategic Research On Virtual Organizations; L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh. 5. COCONET: A Roadmap For Context-Aware Cooperation Environments; H. Schaffers, et al. 6. Vision E-Company: The Network-Centric Enterprises; T. Bouron. Part 3: Partners Evaluation And Selection. 7. Trust Building In The Creation Of Virtual Enterprises In Mobile Agent-Based Architectures; R.J. Rabelo, et al. 8. Partner Evaluation And Selection In Virtual Enterprises Using A Profile Theory Based Approach; S. Tsakopoulos, et al. 9. Requirements For An Agent-Based Approach To Support Virtual Enterprises; S.A. Petersen, et al. Part 4: Breeding Environments. 10. Order Acquiring And Processing In The Virtual Factory; A. Plüss, C. Huber. 11. Development Of New Technologies To Enable The Creation Of Virtual Enterprises In The Leather Sector; M. Flores, M. Albertoni. 12. Ecosystem For Virtual Enterprise; W. Lau, et al. Part 5: Formation Of Collaborative Networks. 13. ARICON Initiative: Barriers In Adopting The VirtualEnterprise Approach In The New Product Development (NPD) Context; R. Belecheanu, et al. 14. The e-Business On Demand Life Cycle; Y. Hoffner. 15. V-Chain: Migrating From Extended To Virtual Enterprise Within An Automotive Supply Chain; Á. Ortiz Bas, et al. Part 6: Networked Enterprise Models. 16. Towards An Engineering Framework For Networks Of Firms; A. Zaidat, et al. 17. Foundation For Networking: A Theoretical View On The Virtual Organization; J. Eschenbaecher, S. Ellmann. 18. Organizing And Managing Virtual Enterprises: The ECB Framework; A. D'Atri. Part 7: Support Infrastructures. 19. Building A Virtual Laboratory For Scientific Experimentation In Molecular Biology; C. Garita, et al. 20. Towards An Internet Enabled Cooperative Manufacturing Management Framework; Qi Hao, et al. 21. Pervasive Software Services For Dynamic Virtual Organizations; S. Dustdar, H. Gall. Part 8: Infrastructures For New Collaborative Forms. 22. Virtual Community Support In Telecare; H. Afsarmanesh, et al. 23. Underlying Its Business Processes With Flexible And Plugged Peer Systems: The Open ITS IBus Approach; A.L. Osório, et al. 24. Flexible And Plugged Peer Systems Integration To ITS-IBUS: The Case Of EFC And LPR Systems; A.L. Osório, et al. Part 9: Multi-Agent Approaches In VO. 25. Agent Technology For Virtual Organizations; V. Mařík, M. Pěchouček. 26. A Framework For Multi-Agent Modelling Of Virtual Organisations; G. Rzevski, et al. 27. Using Competency Questions To Evaluate An Agent-Based Model For Virtual