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Enterprise Information Systems
by Slimane Hammoudi Olivier Camp José Cordeiro Leszek Maciaszek Ernest TenienteThis book contains revisedpapers from the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2015, held in Barcelona, Spain, in April 2015. The 31 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed andselected from a total of 327 submissions. The book also contains one full-paper invited talk. Theselected papers reflect state-of-the-art research that is oriented towardreal-world applications and highlight the benefits of information systems andtechnology for industry and services. They are organized in topical sections ondatabases and information systems integration, artificial intelligence anddecision support systems, information systems analysis and specification,software agents and Internet computing, human-computer interaction, andenterprise architecture.
Enterprise Information Systems
by Joaquim Filipe Slimane Hammoudi Olivier Camp José Cordeiro Leszek MaciaszekThis book contains extended and revised papers from the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2014, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in April 2014. The 24 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 313 submissions. The book also contains two full-paper invited talks. The selected papers reflect state-of-the-art research that is oriented toward real-world applications and highlight the benefits of information systems and technology for industry and services. They are organized in topical sections on databases and information systems integration, artificial intelligence and decision support systems, information systems analysis and specification, software agents and Internet computing, human-computer interaction, and enterprise architecture.
Enterprise Information Systems
by Leszek A. Maciaszek Joaquim Filipe José CordeiroThis book contains substantially extended and revised versions of the best papers from the 14th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2012), held in Wroclaw, Poland, in June/July 2012. The 25 full and 3 invited papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 299 submissions. They reflect state-of-the-art research work focusing mainly on real-world applications and highlighting the benefits of information systems and technology for industry and services, thus connecting academia with the world of real enterprises. The topics covered are: databases and information systems integration; artificial intelligence and decision support systems; information systems analysis and specification; software agents and internet computing; human-computer interaction; and enterprise architecture.
Enterprise Information Systems
by Leszek A. Maciaszek Joaquim Filipe Slimane Hammoudi José CordeiroThis book contains substantially extended and revised versions of the best papers from the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2013, held in Angers, France, in July 2013. The 29 full and two invited papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 321 submissions. They reflect state-of-the-art research focusing mainly on real-world applications and highlight the benefits of information systems and technology for industry and services, thus connecting academia with the world of real enterprises. The topics covered are: databases and information systems integration, artificial intelligence and decision support systems, information systems analysis and specification, software agents and Internet computing, human-computer interaction, and enterprise architecture.
Enterprise Information Systems
by Leszek A. Maciaszek Slimane Hammoudi Olivier Camp José Cordeiro Michele M. MissikoffThis book comprises a set of papers selected from those presented at the fifth #65533; International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems #65533;, (ICEIS'2003) held in Angers, France, from 23 to 26 April 2003. The conference was organised by #65533;cole Sup#65533;rieure d'#65533;lectronique de l'Ouest (ESEO) of Angers, France and the Escola Superior de Tecnologia of Set#65533;bal, Portugal. Since its first edition in 1999, ICEIS focuses on real world applications and aims at bringing together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the advances and business applications of information systems. As in previous years, ICEIS'2003 held four simultaneous tracks covering different aspects of enterprise computing: Databases and Information Systems Integration, Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Analysis and Specification and Software Agents and Internet Computing. Although ICEIS'2003 received 546 paper submissions from over 50 countries, only 80 were accepted as full papers and presented in 30-minutes oral presentations. With an acceptance rate of 15%, these numbers demonstrate the intention of preserving a high quality forum for future editions of this conference. From the articles accepted as long papers for the conference, only 32 were selected for inclusion in this book Additional keynote lectures, tutorials and industrial sessions were also held during ICEIS'2003, and, for the first time this year, the 1st Doctoral Consortium on Enterprise Information Systems gave PhD students an opportunity to present their work to an international audience of experts in the field of information systems.
Enterprise Information Systems Engineering
by Monique SnoeckThe increasing penetration of IT in organizations calls for an integrative perspective on enterprises and their supporting information systems. MERODE offers an intuitive and practical approach to enterprise modelling and using these models as core for building enterprise information systems. From a business analyst perspective, benefits of the approach are its simplicity and the possibility to evaluate the consequences of modeling choices through fast prototyping, without requiring any technical experience. The focus on domain modelling ensures the development of a common language for talking about essential business concepts and of a shared understanding of business rules. On the construction side, experienced benefits of the approach are a clear separation between specification and implementation, more generic and future-proof systems, and an improved insight in the cost of changes. A first distinguishing feature is the method's grounding in process algebra provides clear criteria and practical support for model quality. Second, the use of the concept of business events provides a deep integration between structural and behavioral aspects. The clear and intuitive semantics easily extend to application integration (COTS software and Web Services). Students and practitioners are the book's main target audience, as both groups will benefit from its practical advice on how to create complete models which combine structural and behavioral views of a system-to-be and which can readily be transformed into code, and on how to evaluate the quality of those models. In addition, researchers in the area of conceptual or enterprise modelling will find a concise overview of the main findings related to the MERODE project. The work is complemented by a wealth of extra material on the author's web page at KU Leuven, including a free CASE tool with code generator, a collection of cases with solutions, and a set of domain modelling patterns that have been developed on the basis of the method's use in industry and government.
Enterprise Information Systems: 14th International Conference, ICEIS 2012, Wroclaw, Poland, June 28 - July 1, 2012, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #141)
by Leszek A. Maciaszek Joaquim Filipe José CordeiroThis book contains substantially extended and revised versions of the best papers from the 14th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2012), held in Wroclaw, Poland, in June/July 2012.The 25 full and 3 invited papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 299 submissions. They reflect state-of-the-art research work focusing mainly on real-world applications and highlighting the benefits of information systems and technology for industry and services, thus connecting academia with the world of real enterprises.The topics covered are: databases and information systems integration; artificial intelligence and decision support systems; information systems analysis and specification; software agents and internet computing; human-computer interaction; and enterprise architecture.Chapter “Time Efficiency of Point-of-Sale Payment Methods: Empirical Results for Cash, Cards and Mobile Payments” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Enterprise Information Systems: 19th International Conference, ICEIS 2017, Porto, Portugal, April 26-29, 2017, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #321)
by Joaquim Filipe Slimane Hammoudi Olivier Camp Michał ŚmiałekThis book constitutes extended and revised papers from the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2017, held in Porto, Portugal, in April 2017. The 28 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book from a total of 318 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: databases and information systems integration; artificial intelligence and decision support systems; information systems analysis and specification; software agents and internet computing; human-computer interaction; and enterprise architecture.
Enterprise Information Systems: 20th International Conference, ICEIS 2018, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, March 21-24, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #363)
by Joaquim Filipe Slimane Hammoudi Olivier Camp Michał ŚmiałekThis book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 20th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2018, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in March 2018. The 19 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book from a total of 242 submissions. They deal with topics such as data science and databases; ontologies; social networks; knowledge management; software development; human-computer interaction, and multimedia.
Enterprise Information Systems: 21st International Conference, ICEIS 2019, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 3–5, 2019, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #378)
by Joaquim Filipe Slimane Hammoudi Michał Śmiałek Alexander BrodskyThis book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 21st International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2019, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, in May 2019. The 26 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book from a total of 205 submissions. They deal with topics such as data science and databases; ontologies; social networks; knowledge management; software development; human-computer interaction, and multimedia.
Enterprise Information Systems: 22nd International Conference, ICEIS 2020, Virtual Event, May 5–7, 2020, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #417)
by Joaquim Filipe Slimane Hammoudi Michał Śmiałek Alexander BrodskyThis book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 22nd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2020, held online during May 5-7, 2020.The 41 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book from a total of 255 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: database and information systems integration; artificial intelligence and decision support systems; information systems analysis and specification; software agents and internet computing; human-computer interaction; and enterprise architecture.
Enterprise Information Systems: 23rd International Conference, ICEIS 2021, Virtual Event, April 26–28, 2021, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #455)
by Joaquim Filipe Slimane Hammoudi Michał Śmiałek Alexander BrodskyThis book contains extended, revised and selected papers from the 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2021, held online during April 2021. The 26 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion from a total of 241 submissions. They are grouped in sections on databases and information systems integration, artificial intelligence and decision support systems, information systems analysis and specification, software agents and internet computing, human-computer interaction, and enterprise architecture.
Enterprise Information Systems: 24th International Conference, ICEIS 2022, Virtual Event, April 25–27, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #487)
by Joaquim Filipe Slimane Hammoudi Michał Śmiałek Alexander BrodskyThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2022, This conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 crisis, during April 25-27, 2022.The 20 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 197 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Databases and Information Systems Integration; Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems; Information Systems Analysis and Specification; Human-Computer Interaction; and Enterprise Architecture.
Enterprise Information Systems: 25th International Conference, ICEIS 2023, Prague, Czech Republic, April 24–26, 2023, Revised Selected Papers, Part I (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #518)
by Joaquim Filipe Slimane Hammoudi Michał Śmiałek Alexander BrodskyThis two-volume set constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2023, which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, during April 2023. The 41 full papers and 66 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 213 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Part One : Databases and Information Systems Integration; Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems; and Information Systems Analysis and Specification. Part Two : Software Agents and Internet Computing; Human-Computer Interaction; and Enterprise Architecture.
Enterprise Information Systems: 25th International Conference, ICEIS 2023, Prague, Czech Republic, April 24–26, 2023, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #519)
by Joaquim Filipe Slimane Hammoudi Michał Śmiałek Alexander BrodskyThe two-volume set LNBIP 518 and 519 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2023, which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, during April 2023. The 30 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 213 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Part One : Databases and Information Systems Integration; Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems; and Information Systems Analysis and Specification. Part Two : Software Agents and Internet Computing; Human-Computer Interaction; and Enterprise Architecture.
Enterprise Integration and Information Architecture: A Systems Perspective on Industrial Information Integration (Advances In Systems Science And Engineering (asse) Ser.)
by Li Da XuEnterprise solutions have emerged as promising tools for integrating and extending business processes across business functions. Supplying a clear and comprehensive introduction to the field, this book provides a detailed description of enterprise information integration-from the development of enterprise systems to extended enterprise information
Enterprise Integration with Azure Logic Apps: Integrate legacy systems with innovative solutions
by Matthew Bennett Tim ChildeLearn how to create sophisticated and reliable Logic Apps with improved UXKey FeaturesBecome an Azure Master and create data flows within a matter of minutesPerform transfers using Logic Apps with prompt resultsCreate powerful Logic Apps by enhancing your systems to improve user experienceBook DescriptionLogic Apps are a visual flowchart-like representation of common programming actions, and are a flexible way to create logic without writing a single line of code. Enterprise Integration with Azure Logic Apps is a comprehensive introduction for anyone new to Logic Apps which will boost your learning skills and allow you to create rich, complex, structured, and reusable logic with instant results.You'll begin by discovering how to navigate the Azure portal and understand how your objects can be zoned to a specific environment by using resource groups. Complete with hands-on tutorials, projects, and self-assessment questions, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you the benefits and foundations of Logic App logic design. As you advance, you'll find out how to manage your Azure environment in relation to Logic Apps and how to create elegant and reliable Logic Apps. With useful and practical explanations of how to get the most out of Logic App actions and triggers, you'll be able to ensure that your Logic Apps work efficiently and provide seamless integration for real-world scenarios without having to write code.By the end of this Logic Apps book, you'll be able to create complex and powerful Logic Apps within minutes, integrating large amounts of data on demand, enhancing your systems, and linking applications to improve user experience.What you will learnUnderstand how to use blades, overview pages, and subscription pagesDiscover how to create a Microsoft account to manage your tenantUse a Visual Studio subscription with Azure to manage your Logic AppsFind out how to manage the cloud by analyzing runs, executions, and costsCreate resource groups to zone your enterprise environmentsSupport a development life cycle from sandbox through to productionWho this book is forIf you are an aspiring infrastructure technician who already uses Azure in place of on-premises solutions and is now looking to link systems together, then this book is for you. This book is also for developers interested in systems integration where legacy systems may not have a direct data link and the cloud is the intermediary step. Power users with existing IT skills and experience with Power BI and Power Automate will also find this book useful.
Enterprise Integration with WSO2 ESB
by Prabath SiriwardenaProviding background on the "when and why" of the topic, then diving into practical, instruction-based examples called "recipes", where each recipe will explain how to address a given challenge in enterprise integration.If you are an architect or Java developer, keen on building solutions to solve enterprise integration problems, this is the book for you!You will need a good understanding of SOA design concepts, SOAP, REST, and related messaging systems. However, you are not expected to be an advanced user of WSO2 ESB.
Enterprise Internet of Things Handbook: Build end-to-end IoT solutions using popular IoT platforms
by Arvind RavulavaruGet familiar with the building blocks of IoT solutions using off–the-shelf IoT platforms.Key FeaturesWork with various trending IoT platforms such as AWS IoT, Azure IoT, Google IoT, IBM Watson IoT, and Kaa IoTGain hands-on knowledge working with Cloud-based IoT platforms, IoT Analytics, and so on.A practical guide that will help you build IoT strategies for your organizationBook DescriptionThere is a lot of work that is being done in the IoT domain and according to Forbes the global IoT market will grow from $157B in 2016 to $457B by 2020. This is an amazing market both in terms technology advancement as well as money. In this book, we will be covering five popular IoT platforms, namely, AWS IoT, Microsoft Azure IoT, Google IoT Core, IBM Watson IoT, and Kaa IoT middleware. You are going to build solutions that will use a Raspberry Pi 3, a DHT11 Temperature and humidity sensor, and a dashboard to visualize the sensor data in real-time. Furthermore, you will also explore various components of each of the platforms that are needed to achieve the desired solution. Besides building solutions, you will look at how Machine Learning and IoT go hand in hand and later design a simple predictive web service based on this concept. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to implement an IoT strategy best-fit for your organizationWhat you will learnConnect a Temperature and Humidity sensor and see how these two can be managed from various platformsExplore the core components of AWS IoT such as AWS Kinesis and AWS IoTRules EngineBuild a simple analysis dashboard using Azure IoT and Power BIUnderstand the fundamentals of Google IoT and use Google core APIs to build your own dashboardGet started and work with the IBM Watson IoT platformIntegrate Cassandra and Zeppelin with Kaa IoT dashboardReview some Machine Learning and AI and get to know more about their implementation in the IoT domain.Who this book is forThis book is targeted at IoT architects and engineers, or any stakeholders working with IoT solutions in an organization. This book will also help decision makers and professionals from small- and medium-sized enterprises build an IoT strategy for their venture.
Enterprise Interoperability
by Martin Zelm Matthieu Lauras Frédérick Benaben Guy Doumeignts Bernard Archim DeEnterprises and organizations of any kind embedded in today'seconomic environment are deeply dependent on their ability to takepart in collaborations. Consequently, it is strongly required forthem to get actively involved for their own benefit in emerging,potentially opportunistic collaborative enterprise networks. Theconcept of "interoperability" has been defined byINTEROP-VLab as "The ability of an enterprise system orapplication to interact with others at a low cost in a flexibleapproach". Consequently, interoperability of organizationsappears as a major issue to succeed in building on the fly emergingenterprise networks.The International Conference on Interoperability for EnterpriseSystems and Applications (I-ESA 2014) was held under the motto"interoperability for agility, resilience and plasticity ofcollaborations" on March 26-28, 2014 and organized by theEcole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, France on behalf of theEuropean Laboratory for Enterprise Interoperability(INTEROP-VLab).On March 24-25, co-located with the conference eight workshopsand one doctoral symposium were held in four tracks complementingthe program of the I-ESA'14 conference. The workshops and thedoctoral symposium address areas of greatest current activityfocusing on active discussions among the leading researchers in thearea of Enterprise Interoperability. This part of the conferencehelps the community to operate effectively, building co-operativeand supportive international links as well as providing newknowledge of on-going research to practitioners. The workshops anddoctoral symposium aimed at exploiting new issues, challenges andsolutions for Enterprise Interoperability (EI) and associateddomains of innovation such as Smart Industry, Internet-Of-Things,Factories of the Future, EI Applications and Standardisation.These proceedings include the short papers from theI-ESA'14 workshops and the doctoral symposium. The book issplit up into 9 sections, one for each workshop and one for thedoctoral symposium. All sections were organized following fourtracks: (1) EI and Future Internet / Factory of the Future; (2) EIApplication Domains and IT; (3) EI Standards; (4) EI DoctoralSymposium. For each section, a workshop report is providedsummarizing the content and the issues discussed during thesessions.The goal of the first track was to offer a discussionopportunity on interoperability issues regarding the use ofInternet of Things on manufacturing environment (Workshops 1 and 3)on one hand, and regarding the potential of innovation derived fromthe use of digital methods, architectures and services such asSmart Networks (Workshops 2 and 4) on the other hand. The second track focused on particular application domains that arelooking for innovative solutions to support their strongcollaborative needs. Thus, the track developed one workshop on theuse of EI solution for Future City-Logistics (Workshop 5) and oneon the use of EI solutions for Crisis / Disaster Management(Workshop 6). The third track studied the recent developmentsin EI standardization. Two workshops were dedicated to this issue.The first one has proposed to focus on the management ofstandardization (Workshop 8) and the second one has chosen to workon the new knowledge on standardization developments in themanufacturing service domain (Workshop 9). The last track,the doctoral symposium presented research results from selecteddissertations. The session discussed EI knowledge issues, notablyin terms of gathering through social networks or Internet of Thingsand of exploitation through innovative decision supportsystems.
Enterprise Interoperability
by Marten Van Sinderen Vincent ChapurlatThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International IFIP Working Conference on Enterprise Interoperability, IWEI 2015, held in Nîmes, France, in May 2015. The event was organized by the IFIP Working Group 5. 8 on Enterprise Interoperability in co-operation with INTEROP-VLab and PGSO (Pole Grand Sud Ouest) from INTEROP-Vlab. The theme for IWEI 2015 was "From Enterprise Interoperability Modelling and Analysis to Enterprise Interoperability Engineering. " The nine full, four short, and two industrial papers presented in this volume were carefully selected from 20 submissions. The selection was based on a thorough review process, in which each paper was reviewed by at least three experts in the field. The papers are representative of the current research activities in the area of enterprise interoperability. They cover a wide spectrum of enterprise interoperability issues, including foundational theories, frameworks, architectures, methods and guidelines, and applications and case studies.
Enterprise Interoperability IX: Interoperability in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (Proceedings of the I-ESA Conferences #10)
by Bob Young Bernard Archimède Yves Ducq Hedi KarrayThis book gathers the proceedings of the I-ESA’20 Conference, which was organised by the National Engineering School of Tarbes (ENIT), on behalf of the European Virtual Laboratory, for Enterprise Interoperability (INTEROP-VLab) and the Pole Grand Sud-Ouest (PGSO) and was held virtually in Tarbes, France, in November 2020. It presents contributions ranging from academic research and case studies to industrial and administrative experiences with interoperability. These contributions show how, in a globalised market scenario—where the ability to cooperate with other organisations efficiently is essential in order to remain economically, socially and environmentally cost-effective—the most innovative digitised and networked enterprises ensure that their systems and applications can interoperate across heterogeneous collaborative networks of independent organisations. The focus of this edition of the conference is on interoperability in the era of artificial intelligence and so particular attention is paid to Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things. The content also addresses smart services and the business impact of enterprise interoperability on organisations. Many of the papers in this tenth volume of the I-ESA Conference proceedings include examples and illustrations to help deepen readers’ understanding and generate new ideas. Offering a detailed guide to the state of the art in systems interoperability, the book will be of great value to all engineers and computer scientists working in manufacturing and other process industries, and to software engineers and electronic and manufacturing engineers working in academic settings.
Enterprise Interoperability V
by Bernhard Katzy Raúl Poler Guy Doumeingts Ricardo ChalmetaWithin a scenario of globalised markets, where the capacity to efficiently cooperate with other firms starts to become essential in order to remain in the market in an economically, socially and environmentally cost-effective manner, it can be seen how the most innovative enterprises are beginning to redesign their business model to become interoperable. This goal of interoperability is essential, not only from the perspective of the individual enterprise but also in the new business structures that are now emerging, such as supply chains, virtual enterprises, interconnected organisations or extended enterprises, as well as in mergers and acquisitions. Composed of over 40 papers, Enterprise Interoperability V ranges from academic research through case studies to industrial and administrative experience of interoperability. The international nature of the authorship contnues to broaden. Many of the papers have examples and illustrations calculated to deepen understanding and generate new ideas. The I-ESA'12 Conference from which this book is drawn was organized by Polytechnic University of Valencia, on behalf INTERVAL, and the European Virtual Laboratory for Enterprise Interoperability (INTEROP-VLab) and sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). A concise reference to the state of the art in systems interoperability, Enterprise Interoperability V will be of great value to engineers and computer scientists working in manufacturing and other process industries and to software engineers and electronic and manufacturing engineers working in the academic environment.
Enterprise Interoperability VI
by Raúl Poler Kai Mertins Frédérick Bénaben Jean-Paul BourrièresIn 2007 INTEROP-VLab defined Enterprise Interoperability as "the ability of an enterprise system or application to interact with others at a low cost with a flexible approach". Enterprise Interoperability VI brings together a peer reviewed selection of over 40 papers, ranging from academic research through case studies to industrial and administrative experience of interoperability. It shows how, in a scenario of globalised markets, the capacity to cooperate with other firms efficiently becomes essential in order to remain in the market in an economically, socially and environmentally cost-effective manner, and that the most innovative enterprises are beginning to redesign their business model to become interoperable. This goal of interoperability is vital, not only from the perspective of the individual enterprise but also in the new business structures that are now emerging, such as supply chains, virtual enterprises, interconnected organisations or extended enterprises, as well as in mergers and acquisitions. Establishing efficient and relevant collaborative situations requires managing interoperability from a dynamic perspective: a relevant and efficient collaboration of organizations might require adaptation to remain in line with potentially changing objectives, evolving resources, and unexpected events, for example. Many of the papers contained in this, the seventh volume of Proceedings of the I-ESA Conferences have examples and illustrations calculated to deepen understanding and generate new ideas. The I-ESA'14 Conference is jointly organised by Ecole des Mines Albi-Carmaux, on behalf of PGSO, and the European Virtual Laboratory for Enterprise Interoperability (INTEROP-VLab) and supported by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). A concise reference to the state of the art in systems interoperability, Enterprise Interoperability VI will be of great value to engineers and computer scientists working in manufacturing and other process industries and to software engineers and electronic and manufacturing engineers working in the academic environment.
Enterprise Interoperability VII
by Kai Mertins Ricardo Jardim-Gonçalves Keith Popplewell João P. MendonçaA concise reference to the state of theart in systems interoperability, EnterpriseInteroperability VII will be of great value to engineers and computerscientists working in manufacturing and other process industries and tosoftware engineers and electronic and manufacturing engineers working in theacademic environment. Furthermore, it shows how knowledge of the meaning withininformation and the use to which it will be put have to be held in commonbetween enterprises for consistent and efficient inter-enterprise networks. Over 30 papers, ranging from academicresearch through case studies to industrial and administrative experience ofinteroperability show how, in a scenario of globalised markets, where thecapacity to cooperate with other organizations efficiently is essential inorder to remain economically, socially and environmentally cost-effective, themost innovative digitized and networked enterprises ensure that their systems and applications are ableto interoperate across heterogeneous collaborative networks of independent organizations. This goal of interoperability is essential, not only from the perspective ofthe individual enterprise but also in the business structures that are nowemerging, such as complex collaborating networks of suppliers and customers,virtual enterprises, interconnected organisations or extended enterprises, aswell as in mergers and acquisitions. Establishing efficient and relevantcollaborative situations requires the management of interoperability from adynamic point of view: a relevant and efficient collaboration of organizations mayrequire adaptation to remain in line with changing objectives, evolvingresources, unexpected events, etc. Many of the papers contained in this, the eighthvolume of Proceedings of the I-ESAConferences have examples and illustrations calculated to deepenunderstanding and generate new ideas. The I-ESA'16 Conferencefrom which this book is drawn was organized by the Escola de Engenharia daUniversidade do Minho, on behalf of the European Virtual Laboratory for EnterpriseInteroperability (INTEROP-VLab) and Interop VLab Portuguese Pole.