Agent and web service technologies in virtual enterprises

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Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, 2008

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9781599046488

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Virtual reality in management -- Technological innovations

Business enterprises -- Computer networks

Software agents (Computer software)

Web services

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Protogeros, Nicolaos

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Research on new technologies for the virtual enterprise operation has opened up new ideas on the design principles and operation approaches in order to maximize benefits and overcome limitations encountered.Agent and Web Service Technologies in Virtual Enterprises provides a comprehensive review of the most recent advances in agent and Web service technologies, integrating the most recent contributions supporting formation, integration, collaboration, and operation in virtual enterprises. This Premier Reference Source enables libraries to provide researchers with a deep and thorough understanding of the benefits and issues surrounding agents and Web service technologies, and practical insights from examples of applications of these technologies throughout various aspects of the virtual enterprise life cycle.

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Protogeros (Univ. of Macedonia, Greece) has compiled an astounding reference source, a thorough and complete treatise of Web technologies and their increasingly important role in the world's economy. The book is divided into 19 chapters, starting with overviews of software agent and Web service technology and masterfully weaving its way through virtual enterprise formation, integration, and operation. The first three chapters introduce readers to Web services and provide a concise look at the formation of virtual enterprises using Web and agent technology. Chapters 4-12 cover the integration of enterprise systems with multiagent systems using Web services, recommender agents, and agent-based intelligent systems. Chapters 13-19 tackle the forbidding topic of virtual enterprise operations. Dense topics such as agents and multiagents in supply chain management, business process modeling in virtual organizations, management of dynamic security associations, and Web-based template-driven communication support systems are covered in great detail and lead to a close look at a current model of connecting and integrating different departments of a hospital. For professionals or advanced degree students. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Faculty, researchers, professionals. M. Connell SUNY College at Cortland

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Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xiv
Acknowledgment	p. xxii
Section I Agents and Web Services Overview
Chapter I Software Agent Technology: An Overview	p. 1
Chapter II Web Services Technology: An Overview	p. 25
Section II Virtual Enterprise Formation
Chapter III Virtual Enterprise Formation Supported by Agents and Web Services	p. 46
Section III Virtual Enterprise Integration
Chapter IV Adaptive Service Choreography Support in Virtual Enterprises	p. 66
Chapter V Technologies to Support the Market of Resources as an Infrastructure for Agile/Virtual Enterprise Integration	p. 76
Chapter VI The Utilization of Semantic Web for Integrating Enterprise Systems	p. 97
Chapter VII A Recommender Agent to Support Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Enterprises	p. 115
Chapter VIII Framework of Agent-Based Intelligent System for Distributed Virtual Enterprise Project Control	p. 135
Chapter IX Sharing Views, Information, and Cross-Enterprise Culture in the Corporate Situation Room	p. 160
Chapter X Multi-Agent Systems Integration in Enterprise Environments Using Web Services	p. 174
Chapter XI Web Service Discovery and Composition for Virtual Enterprises	p. 190
Chapter XII Achieving Agile Enterprise Through Integrated Process Management: From Planning to Work Execution	p. 208
Section IV Virtual Enterprise Operation
Chapter XIII Agents and Multi-Agent Systems in Supply Chain Management: An Overview	p. 223
Chapter XIV A Conceptual Framework for Business Process Modeling in Virtual Organizations	p. 244
Chapter XV Towards a Virtual Enterprise Architecture for the Environmental Sector	p. 256
Chapter XVI Using VO Concept for Managing Dynamic Security Associations	p. 267
Chapter XVII Interoperability Middleware for Federated Business Services in Web-Pilacros	p. 288
Chapter XVIII Web-Based Template-Driven Communication Support Systems: Using Shadow netWorkspace to Support Trust Development in Virtual Teams	p. 310
Chapter IXX Web Service Design Concepts and Structures for Support of Highly Interconnected E-Health Infrastructures: A Bottom-Up Approach	p. 327
Compilation of References	p. 341
About the Contributors	p. 370
Index	p. 379

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