Ebook: Scalable Enterprise Systems: An Introduction to Recent Advances
- Tags: Business Information Systems, Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management, Data Structures Cryptology and Information Theory, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics), Operation Research/Decision Theory
- Series: Integrated Series in Information Systems 3
- Year: 2003
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the leading sponsor of basic academic research in engineering, and its influence far exceeds its budget. We think NSF is at its best when it uses that influence to focus interest within the researcher community on critical new challenges and technologies. NSF's Scalable Enterprise Systems (SES) initiative, for which we were responsible in our successive terms in the division of Design, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation (DMII), was just such a venture. A collaborative effort spanning NSF's engineering and computer science directorates, SES sought to concentrate the energies of the academic engineering research community on developing a science base for designing, planning and controlling the extended, spatially and managerially distributed enterprises that have become the norm in the manufacture, distribution and sale of the products of U. S. industry. The of associated issues addressed included everything from management supply chains, to product design across teams of collaborating companies, to e-marketing and make-to-order manufacturing, to the information technology challenges of devising inter-operable planning and control tools that can scale with exploding enterprise size and scope. A total of 27 teams with nearly 100 investigators were selected from the 89 submitted proposals in the Phase I, exploratory part of the effort (see the list below). Seven of these were awarded larger multi-year grants to continue their research in Phase II. As the contents of this book amply illustrate, these investigations continue to flourish, with and without direct NSF support.
The growth in Internet and Information Technology (IT) has led to revolutionary changes in the way businesses are managed and operated. These IT changes have been largely characterized with the term, globalization, and these globalized changes in modern business are increasing at a rapid pace. Moreover, globalization requires rapid growth and dramatic changes in the business and market environments. Enterprises must be scalable to support such changes and unprecedented growth. Hence, there is an immediate need for a single reference book that identifies the multiple dimensions of scalability and enterprise systems.
Scalable Enterprise Systems: An Introduction to Recent Advances addresses six key ideas related to scalable enterprise systems: The modelling aspects of enterprise systems; distributed control of such systems; the information systems modelling and implementation of the enterprise system; the issue of data mining; the analysis of enterprise systems through a research test-bed, and the details of implementation using extended implementation examples from publish-subscribe middleware, auctions in the context of reverse logistics, and value net implementation.
The growth in Internet and Information Technology (IT) has led to revolutionary changes in the way businesses are managed and operated. These IT changes have been largely characterized with the term, globalization, and these globalized changes in modern business are increasing at a rapid pace. Moreover, globalization requires rapid growth and dramatic changes in the business and market environments. Enterprises must be scalable to support such changes and unprecedented growth. Hence, there is an immediate need for a single reference book that identifies the multiple dimensions of scalability and enterprise systems.
Scalable Enterprise Systems: An Introduction to Recent Advances addresses six key ideas related to scalable enterprise systems: The modelling aspects of enterprise systems; distributed control of such systems; the information systems modelling and implementation of the enterprise system; the issue of data mining; the analysis of enterprise systems through a research test-bed, and the details of implementation using extended implementation examples from publish-subscribe middleware, auctions in the context of reverse logistics, and value net implementation.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
A Review of Enterprise Process Modelling Techniques....Pages 1-32
Design and Manufacturing Process Management in a Network of Distributed Suppliers....Pages 33-64
Finite Automata Modeling and Analysis of Supply Chain Networks....Pages 65-99
Distributed Control Algorithms for Scalable Decision-Making from Sensors-to-Suppliers....Pages 101-159
Collaborative Multiagent Based Information Infrastructure for Transportation Problem Solving....Pages 161-191
Improving Scalability of E-Commerce Systems with Knowledge Discovery....Pages 193-216
A Scalable Supply Chain Infrastructure Research Test-Bed....Pages 217-247
Publish Subscribe Middleware....Pages 249-285
Experimental Study of Scalability Enhancement for Reverse Logistics E-Commerce....Pages 287-312
Web-Based Distributed Multi-Agent Architecture for Implementing Value Nets....Pages 313-333
Back Matter....Pages 335-338
The growth in Internet and Information Technology (IT) has led to revolutionary changes in the way businesses are managed and operated. These IT changes have been largely characterized with the term, globalization, and these globalized changes in modern business are increasing at a rapid pace. Moreover, globalization requires rapid growth and dramatic changes in the business and market environments. Enterprises must be scalable to support such changes and unprecedented growth. Hence, there is an immediate need for a single reference book that identifies the multiple dimensions of scalability and enterprise systems.
Scalable Enterprise Systems: An Introduction to Recent Advances addresses six key ideas related to scalable enterprise systems: The modelling aspects of enterprise systems; distributed control of such systems; the information systems modelling and implementation of the enterprise system; the issue of data mining; the analysis of enterprise systems through a research test-bed, and the details of implementation using extended implementation examples from publish-subscribe middleware, auctions in the context of reverse logistics, and value net implementation.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
A Review of Enterprise Process Modelling Techniques....Pages 1-32
Design and Manufacturing Process Management in a Network of Distributed Suppliers....Pages 33-64
Finite Automata Modeling and Analysis of Supply Chain Networks....Pages 65-99
Distributed Control Algorithms for Scalable Decision-Making from Sensors-to-Suppliers....Pages 101-159
Collaborative Multiagent Based Information Infrastructure for Transportation Problem Solving....Pages 161-191
Improving Scalability of E-Commerce Systems with Knowledge Discovery....Pages 193-216
A Scalable Supply Chain Infrastructure Research Test-Bed....Pages 217-247
Publish Subscribe Middleware....Pages 249-285
Experimental Study of Scalability Enhancement for Reverse Logistics E-Commerce....Pages 287-312
Web-Based Distributed Multi-Agent Architecture for Implementing Value Nets....Pages 313-333
Back Matter....Pages 335-338
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