Software Agent Support of the Virtual Enterprise Life-cycle: Evaluation and Concept Development - Softcover

Grünert, Andreas

 
9783639000627: Software Agent Support of the Virtual Enterprise Life-cycle: Evaluation and Concept Development
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3639000625 ISBN 13: 9783639000627
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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

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Publisher
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3639000625
ISBN 13 
9783639000627
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
156