Software Agent Support of the Virtual Entreprise Life-cycle - Brossura

Grunert, Andreas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 3639000625 ISBN 13: 9783639000627

Casa editrice: Vdm Verlag Dr Mueller E K, 2008

Riassunto

Today, enterprises need more flexibility than ever before, but classic firms oftenfail this requirement. Therefore, a more flexible kind of enterprise evolved: TheVirtual Enterprise. One reason why Virtual Enterprises are that flexible is theirextensive use of IT. Yet, given the temporary character of Virtual Enterprises, existingsoftware concepts are often not applicable. Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) mayhelp to solve this problem. However, a concept that allows cooperating agents to support the management of the complete life-cycle of a Virtual Enterprise, is still amiss. This book attendsto that gap. It identifies the management tasks of the Virtual Enterprise life-cycle,determines those that may be performed by software agents, identifies preconditionsfor their successful completion, and proposes an abstract architecture. Thearchitecture defines the structure of a MAS for Virtual Enterprise life-cycle support,determines communication standards, interaction protocols and messages, and identifiesontologies, that have still to be elaborated.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Andreas Grünert, Dipl. Wirt-Inf. (Univ.) EMBSc: Studied Information Systems at Otto-Friedrich University in Bamberg and Business Sciences at the University of Wales in Swansea. Management Consultant at A.T.Kearney GmbH

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Vdm Verlag Dr Mueller E K
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 3639000625
• ISBN 13: 9783639000627
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 156
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile