Building Flexible Mobile Applications for Next Generation Enterprises

In order to understand and gain practical insights into various aspects of Next Generation Enterprises, we are building a testbed for flexible mobile applications. We started with a generic architecture and used it to build different applications in different domains. Our testbed consists of a multi-tiered architecture incorporating various user interfaces and access technologies, middleware components, enterprise integration systems, supply chain management and a host of currently emerging technologies. The first application we have developed is an information application for Olympics to provide personalized information for mobile users through a variety of end-user devices. The second experiment is a typical e-commerce online purchasing application that uses mobile agents (brokers) to buy products from multiple suppliers based on user specified criteria. The third example demonstrates a typical workflow scenario that may be needed in a highly collaborative and reliable NGE environme...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: AIWORC
• Authors: Karun Karunanithi, Khurram Haneef, Bruno Cordioli, Amjad Umar, Ravi Jain
• Keywords: AIWORC 2000, Communications, Flexible Mobile Applications, Typical Workflow Scenario, Various User Interfaces