Interactions between organisations are becoming more and more frequent. One of the most common approaches is to use standards-based communication for information exchange. Even tho...
Extraction-Transformation-Loading (ETL) tools are pieces of software responsible for the extraction of data from several sources, their cleansing, customization and insertion into ...
Understanding the performance and dynamic behavior of workflow is crucial in being able to modify, maintain, and improve it. A particularly difficult aspect of measuring the perfor...
Abstract. In this paper, we describe how the AGORA multi-agent architecture is used to support Virtual Enterprises(VE). Software agents represent the partners of a VE, who collabor...
: A data warehouse is a database focused on decision making. It is built separately from the transactional (OLTP) databases of the enterprise, although it is partly fed from transa...
Data Warehouses are decisional information artifacts that are embedded in the organizations that create/maintain them. Therefore, Data Warehouse Requirements Engineering must start...
Meta-models and Generic models have been built in the area of Information Systems to facilitate the task of system designers. It de-emphasises the view under which applications are...