Modeling and Analysis of Interactions in Virtual Enterprises

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 fastchanging market trends. For a virtual enterprise to succeed, its business processes must be automated, and its startup costs must be minimized. In this paper we describe a formal framework for modeling and reasoning about interactions in a virtual enterprise. Such a framework will form the basis for tools that provide automated support for creation and operation of virtual enterprises.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: RIDE
• Authors: Hasan Davulcu, Michael Kifer, L. Robert Pokorny, C. R. Ramakrishnan, I. V. Ramakrishnan, Steven Dawson
• Keywords: Dispersed Organizations, Document Analysis, RIDE 1999, Temporary Consortium, Virtual Enterprises