scholarly journals Service-Oriented Middleware for Managing Inter-Enterprise Collaborations

2009 ◽  
pp. 209-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lea Kutvonen
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Business ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Organisational Context ◽  
Multiple Networks ◽  
Knowledge Repositories ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Business Needs ◽  
The Cost

Participation in electronic business networks has become necessary for the success of enterprises. The strategic business needs for participating in multiple networks simultaneously and for managing changes in these networks are reflected as new requirements for the supporting computing facilities. The Pilarcos architecture addresses the needs of managed collaboration and interoperability of autonomous business services in an inter-organisational context. The Pilarcos B2B middleware is designed for lowering the cost and effort of collaboration establishment and to facilitate the management and maintenance of electronic business networks. The approach is a federated one: All business services are developed independently, and the provided B2B middleware services are used to ensure that technical, semantic, and pragmatic interoperability is maintained in the business network. In the architecture and middleware functionality design, attention has been given to the dynamic aspects and evolution of the network. This chapter discusses the concepts provided for application and business network creators, and the supporting middleware-level knowledge repositories for interoperability support.

Interoperability Middleware for Federated Business Services in Web-Pilarcos

2011 ◽  
pp. 997-1018
Author(s):  
Lea Kutvonen ◽  
Toni Ruokolainen ◽  
Janne Metso
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Business ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Organisational Context ◽  
Multiple Networks ◽  
Knowledge Repositories ◽  
Business Needs ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Web

Participation in electronic business networks has become necessary for the success of enter¬prises. The strategic business needs for participating in multiple networks simultaneously and for managing changes in these networks are re?ected as new requirements for the supporting computing facilities. The Web-Pilarcos architecture addresses the needs of managed collabo¬ration and interoperability of autonomous business services in an inter-organisational context. The Web-Pilarcos B2B middleware is designed for lowering the cost of collaboration estab¬lishment and to facilitate management and maintenance of electronic business networks. The approach is a federated one: All business services are developed independently and the B2B middleware services are used to ensure that technical, semantic and pragmatic interoperability is maintained in the business network. In the architecture and middleware functionality design, attention has been given to the dynamic aspects and evolution of the network. This article dis¬cusses the concepts provided for application and business network creators and the supporting middleware-level knowledge repositories for interoperability support.

Interoperability Middleware for Federated Business Services in Web-Pilarcos

2008 ◽  
pp. 288-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lea Kutvonen ◽  
Toni Ruokolainen ◽  
Janne Metso
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Business ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Organisational Context ◽  
Multiple Networks ◽  
Knowledge Repositories ◽  
Business Needs ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Web

Participation in electronic business networks has become necessary for the success of enterprises. The strategic business needs for participating multiple networks simultaneously and for managing changes in these networks are reflected as new requirements for the supporting computing facilities. The web-Pilarcos architecture addresses the needs of managed collaboration and interoperability of autonomous business services in an inter-organisational context. The web-Pilarcos B2B middleware is designed for lowering the cost of collaboration establishment and to facilitate management and maintenance of electronic business networks. The approach is a federated one: All business services are developed independently, and the B2B middleware services are used to ensure that technical, semantic, and pragmatic interoperability is maintained in the business network. In the architecture and middleware functionality design, attention has been given to the dynamic aspects and evolution of the network. This paper discusses the concepts provided for application and business network creators, and the supporting middleware-level knowledge repositories for interoperability support.

scholarly journals Using the Invasive Weed algorthim for solving Network Analysis problems: استخدام خوارزمية الأعشاب الضارة في حل مسائل شبكة الأعمال

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-135
Author(s):  
Hamsa Maan Mohammed Hamsa Maan Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Critical Path ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Specific Time ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Invasive Weed ◽  
Expected Time ◽  
The Third ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Specific Order

Any project consists of a set of interconnected and interrelated activities in a specific order that are carried out at a specific time. The size of the projects, their high costs, and the complexity of their activities made it necessary to make a careful and prior planning. From here came the idea of ​​business networks, where scientific analysis was adopted for project planning, scheduling and reviewing by representing these projects with a network that shows the sequence of their activities at appropriate costs and times. Since such networks need time and effort to implement, the researcher used one of the smart techniques (the weed algorithm) and applied it to some business network issues that require great time and effort that increase as the size of the project increases. By applying the algorithm to some of these issues, it succeeded in achieving the required results in a record time (a few minutes) and according to the size of the issue, and hardly a little effort, in the first issue, the results (the expected time for each activity, determining the critical path, calculating the time needed to complete the critical path) achieved results in approximately one minute, and the second issue took less than two minutes. As for the third issue, the results were given in approximately two and a half minutes. Thus this smart technology has achieved the desired results in the least possible time and effort. Such a technique can be used and implemented on problems in different fields due to its accuracy, efficiency and speed in solving problems.

scholarly journals Sphere

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Egger L. Mielberg
Keyword(s):  
Business Activity ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Traditional Economy ◽  
Direct Dependency

A decentralization of electronic currency would allow business activity and development of a single network to be independent of other different business networks. Cost of a decentralized currency of the network can become stable as long as participants of that network are still active.We propose a solution for such a big problem of traditional economy as a “direct dependency of local prices on global ones”.We also propose an innovative mechanism that allows participants of NCN to get any service of one business network for money (hours) earned in other network (‘s).The currency is implemented by usage of two innovative technologies, “Proof of Participation protocol” (PoP) [3] and “Smart Transactions” [2].

Semantic Search Engine and Object Database Guidelines for Service Oriented Architecture Models

2013 ◽  
pp. 225-250
Author(s):  
Omar Shehab ◽  
Ali Hussein Saleh Zolait
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Query Language ◽  
Semantic Search ◽  
Semantic Query ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Ontology Language ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Semantic Search Engine

In this paper, the authors propose a Semantic Search Engine, which retrieves software components precisely and uses techniques to store these components in a database, such as ontology technology. The engine uses semantic query language to retrieve these components semantically. The authors use an exploratory study where the proposed method is mapped between object-oriented concepts and web ontology language. A qualitative survey and interview techniques were used to collect data. The findings after implementing this research are a set of guidelines, a model, and a prototype to describe the semantic search engine system. The guidelines provided help software developers and companies reduce the cost, time, and risks of software development.

Management of Virtual Teams and Capabilities in Business Networks

2012 ◽  
pp. 30-47
Author(s):  
A.T. Juntunen
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Good Chance ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Internal Knowledge

This chapter investigates and analyzes the management of capabilities in virtual teams in a business network context. This is a qualitative case study in the ICT-sector in Finland. This chapter will demonstrate that the organizations have a good chance to succeed if they can harness the external and internal knowledge and utilize the capabilities and knowledge in virtual teams to support organizational goals and strategies. It also illustrates the importance of trust in building and maintaining relationships. This chapter aims to contribute to the prior strategic management and business networks research.

An Open Source e-Procurement Application Framework for B2B and G2B

2011 ◽  
pp. 76-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgousopoulos Christos ◽  
Xenia Ziouvelou ◽  
Gregory Yovanof ◽  
Antonis Ramfos
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Application Framework ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
The Cost

Since the early 1980s, Open Source Software (OSS) has gained a strong interest and an increased acceptance in the software industry that has to date initiated a “paradigm shift” (O’Reilly, 2004). The Open Source paradigm has introduced wholly new means of software development and distribution, creating a significant impact on the evolution of numerous business processes. In this chapter we examine the impact of the open source paradigm in the e-Procurement evolution and identify a trend towards Open Source e-Procurement Application Frameworks (AFs) which enable the development of tailored e-Procurement Solutions. Anchored in this notion, we present an Open-Source e-Procurement AF with a two-phase generation procedure. The innovative aspect of the proposed model relates to the combination of the Model Driven Engineering (MDE) approach with the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm for enabling the cost-effective production of e-Procurement Solutions by facilitating integration, interoperability, easy maintenance, and management of possible changes in the European e-Procurement environment. The assessment process of the proposed AF and its resulting e-Procurement Solutions occurs in the context of G2B in the Western-Balkan European region. Our evaluation yields positive results and further enhancing opportunities for the proposed Open Source e-Procurement AF and its resulting e-Procurement Solutions.

Management of Risk and Resilience within Collaborative Business Network

2016 ◽  
pp. 143-159
Author(s):  
Ahm Shamsuzzoha
Keyword(s):  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Different Levels

Global business communities are facing tremendous challenges from market places with respect to reduce cost and offer true customized products or services to the end customers. To cope such challenges companies are nowadays considering forming a business network with the objective to achieve several business benefits. However, to execute such business network is not risks free but always facing some problems for its continuation successfully. In such situation, it is necessary to formulate risk mitigation plan and strengthen the resilience within business network. The objective of this article is therefore to identifying and sharing risks within the collaborative business network and proposing necessary mitigating plan and resilience for it. In this research, a framework is also highlighted that provides a structural approach for identifying and assessing potential risks and resilience in business networks and their possible impacts on different levels of collaboration. The study is concluded with future research directions.

Service-Oriented Cost Allocation for Business Intelligence and Analytics

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael Grytz ◽  
Artus Krohn-Grimberghe
Keyword(s):  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Cost Estimation ◽  
Cost Allocation ◽  
Cost Evaluation ◽  
Allocation Model ◽  
Pricing Scheme ◽  
Service Portfolio ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Cost Awareness

Quantifying and designing the cost pool generated by Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) would improve cost transparency and invoicing processes, allowing a fairer, more exact allocation of costs to service consumers. Yet there is still no method for determining BI&A costs to provide a base for allocation purposes. While literature describes several methods for BI&A cost estimation on an ROI or resource-consumption level, none of these methods considers an overall approach for BI&A. To tackle this problem, the authors propose a service- oriented cost allocation model which calculates BI&A applications based on defined services, enabling a cost transfer to service consumers. This new approach specifies steps towards deriving a usable pricing scheme for an entire BI&A service portfolio – both for allocation purposes as well as improving cost evaluation of BI&A projects. Moreover, it increases customer understanding and cost awareness. Based on this approach, the authors introduce a BI&A value creation cycle which helps customers to use BI&A services cost-effectively.

Business Network Modelling

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 77-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Smirnov ◽  
Nikolay Shilov
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Network Modelling ◽  
Context Management ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Technological Level

Business networks have appeared as a reaction to changes taking place in the world economy and logistic networks can be considered as examples of such networks. The approach proposed in the paper is based on the idea to represent the business network members with services provided by them, and to achieve interoperability via application of the SOA standards. The approach is based on usage of such technologies as Web services, ontology, and context management. Web services enable interoperability at the technological level. Ontologies are used for description of knowledge domains and enable interoperability at the level of semantics. The purpose of the context is to represent only relevant information from the large amount of the information and the application of the approach is demonstrated on the case study from the area of dynamic logistics. The considered problem takes into account a continuously changing problem environment and requires nearly real-time solving.

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