Related work on reference modeling for collaborative networks

Journal of Intelligent …, 2007

In: Proceedings of COA 2007 - 8th IFAC Symposium on Cost Oriented Automation Affordable Automation Systems, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba, Feb 12 - 14, 2007.

Collaborative networks show a high potential for value creation in a modern society and raise important technical and socio-organizational challenges. Collaborative networks manifest in a large variety of forms both in industry and services, including virtual organizations, virtual enterprises, dynamic supply chains, professional virtual communities, etc. In order to support preparedness of organizations for participation in dynamic coalitions, breeding environments for virtual organizations are being developed in many application sectors in diverse geographical regions. A large body of empiric knowledge related to collaborative networks is already available, but there is an urgent need to consolidate this knowledge and build the foundations for a more sustainable development of this area. The definition of reference models and the establishment of a scientific discipline for collaborative networks are strong instruments in achieving this purpose. In this survey paper the main characteristics of the area are analyzed, current baseline is discussed, and future trends are pointed out.

IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2001

Virtual Enterprise is a new form of business organization based on the possibilities offered by the growing field of Information Technology (IT). It has shown to be an effective paradigm capable of the management of modern manufacturing systems in their full complexity. The aim of this paper is' to present a logistics framework that enables the partners which form the Virtual Enterprise to model and to evaluate their activity as well as to exchange information about the shared resources.

Collaborative process characteristics have three dimensions: actors, activities and action’s logic. The aim of this paper is to present a virtual portal’s model that helps managing consortiums. Our model based on dynamic e-collaboration and it has a modular structure, multilayer approach. System’s functionality of virtual enterprise is collaborative model is concern on users’ login, based on role and access control, searching and providing distributed resources, accessibility, metadata management and improved information’s management. Our proposal for developing solution offers a functional architecture of a virtual enterprise using dynamic e-collaboration and shared space.

ride, 1999

Advances in computer networking technology and open system standards are making the creation and management of virtual enterprises feasible. A virtual enterprise is a temporary consortium of autonomous, diverse, and possibly geographically dispersed organizations that pool their resources to meet short-term objectives and exploit fast-changing market trends. For a virtual enterprise to succeed, its business processes must be automated, and its startup costs must be minimized. We describe a formal framework for ...

2003

PORTUGAL Collaborative Networks (CN) and Virtual Organisations (Va) can partially be modelled by using Graph Theory. as a natural framework for describing relationships. interactions and collaboration. Our work aims at extending and integrating results from that theory and other different fields and scientific disciplines. to enable modelling complex and nOli tangible factors. dynamics. trade-offs betweell illdividual and common objectives. arising in the set-up and management of va. As a way to handle these issues in a holistic way. we present extensions of Social Actors Networks that are able to encompass various. complementary perspectives in dealing with va. and coping with the different phases of its life cycle. Current results seem promising in the direction of creating a sound framework for modellillg and supporting holistic process management in Collaborative Networks. For illustration purposes. a simple case study is briefly sketched and some findings presented. Finally some open issues are surveyed and lilIes for future research identified. L. M. Camarinha-Matos et al. (eds.), Processes and Foundations for Virtual Organizations

Transaction on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge- Centered Systems I, LNCS 5740, pp 1-37, 2009

Fluent creation of opportunity-based short-term Collaborative Networks (CNs) among organizations or individuals requires the availability of a variety of up-to-date information. A pre-established properly administrated strategic-alliance Collaborative Network (CN) can act as the breeding environment for creation/operation of opportunity-based CNs, and effectively addressing the complexity, dynamism, and scalability of their actors and domains. Administration of these environments however requires effective set of functionalities, founded on top of strong information management. The paper introduces main challenges of CNs and their management of information, and focuses on the Virtual organizations Breeding Environment (VBE), which represents a specific form of strategic-alliances. It then focuses on the needed functionalities for effective administration/management of VBEs, and exemplifies information management challenges for three of their subsystems handling the Ontology, the profiles and competencies, and the rational trust.

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2009

This work focuses on the Service Entities definition as an approach that may help to support structural and functional Collaborative Networked Organizations (CNO) modeling, when VOs are engineered inside Virtual Breeding Environments Management Systems (VMS). Manbree is an undergoing development which is intended to provide an integrated framework for CNO modeling and execution based on that approach and it is briefly described at the final section.

2012

United we stand, divided we fall" is a well known saying. We are living in the era of virtual collaborations. Resources are logical and solutions are virtual. Advancement on conceptual and technological level has enhanced the way people communicate. Everything-as-a-Service once a dream, now becoming a reality. Problem nature has also been changed over the time. Today, e-Collaborations are applied to all the domains possible. Medical, engineering, meteorology, biology, chemistry, physics, earthquake and weather forecast, social networks and so on, all are using electronic platforms. Extensive data and computing resources are in need and assistance from human experts is also becoming essential. This puts a great responsibility on Information Technology (IT) researchers and developers to provide generic platforms where user can easily communicate and solve their problems. To realize this concept, distributed computing has offered many paradigms, e.g. cluster, grid, cloud computing. Virtual Organization (VO) is a logical orchestration of globally dispersed resources to achieve common goals. Existing paradigms and technology is used to form Virtual Organization, but lack of standards remained a critical issue for last two decades. Our research endeavor focuses on developing a standard for Virtual Organization building process. The proposed standardization process is a two phase activity. First phase provides requirement analysis and the second phase presents a Reference Architecture for Virtual Organization (RAVO). This form of standardization is chosen to accommodate both technological and paradigm shift. We categorize our efforts in two parts. First part consists of a pattern to identify the requirements and components of a Virtual Organization [1]. Second part details a generic framework based on the concept of Everything-as-a-Service. Stakeholders are an important entity in any collaborative environment [2] [3]. We developed a pattern for stakeholders and presented new relationship between user and resources in form of Subject [1] [4]. Finally, these concepts are materialized as a concrete framework in the domain of E-learning and Computational Intelligence. Stakeholders and Subject relationship are also verified in the domain of informal Virtual Organizations (e.g. Social Networks) [5]. For evaluation purpose an instance based on RAVO, named N2SKY [6] is developed by a master student at the University of Vienna. v Gebiet des E-Learning und der Computational Intelligence untersucht. Die neuen Elemente der Stakeholders und Subjekt-Beziehungen wurden weiters in informelle Virtuelle Organisationen, sogenannten Sozialen Netzwerken, verifiziert [5]. Zur Evaluation des vorgestellten Ansatzes wurde schliesslich eine praktische Umsetzung, die auf RAVO basiert, unter dem Namen N2Sky als Masterarbeit an der Universität Wien durchgeführt. Wajeeha Khalil Vienna, Austria February 2012 Remarks I use "we" and "our" in my thesis as a gesture of respect to the research community. This convention is part of my attitude towards that community. She is used to refer the user without any gender discrimination. VO is used instead of Virtual Organization in whole document. Abbreviations commonly used are listed.

2008

This book documents the most relevant contributions to the introduction of networked, dynamic, agile, and virtual organizational models; definitions; taxonomies; opportunities; and reference models and architectures. It creates a repository of the main developments regarding the virtual organization, compiling definitions, characteristics, comparisons, advantages, practices, enabling technologies, and best practices"--Provided by publisher.