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Advances in Networked Enterprises

Virtual Organizations, Balanced Automation, and Systems Integration

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

  1. Cooperative Work

    1. Learning Processes in Networked Enterprises

      • Heinz-H. Erbe
      Pages 151-158
  2. Multi-Agent Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
    2. Adaptive Mobile Agents: Enhanced Flexibility in Internet-Based Remote Operation

      • Walter Vieira, L. M. Camarinha-Matos
      Pages 161-174
    3. Acquaintance Model in Re-Planning and Re-Configuration

      • Vladimír Mařík, Michal Pěchouček, Olga Štěpánková
      Pages 175-186
  3. Economic Aspects of New Infrastructures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
    2. Economic Evaluation of Delays Reduction: A Global Approach

      • Agnès Dumolard, Michel Pouly, Rémy Glardon
      Pages 213-226
    3. E-Commerce: The Virtual Battlefield

      • Tracy Litzinger, John A. Wise
      Pages 227-234
  4. Human and Social Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
    2. Balancing Automation and Human Work in Environment Oriented Student Projects

      • Dietrich Brandt, Alexandra Blum, Alexander Woyke
      Pages 259-266
  5. Human Interfaces

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267
    2. Concept Sharing between Human and Interface Agent under Time Criticality

      • Tetsuo Sawaragi, Teruyuki Ogura
      Pages 269-278
    3. Virtual Reality User Interface for Autonomous Production

      • Christopher Schlick, Ralph Reuth, Holger Luczak
      Pages 279-286
    4. Design of Deadlock Avoidance Compensators for Anthropocentric Production Systems

      • P. E. Miyagi, D. J. Santos Filho, W. M. Arata
      Pages 287-294
  6. Production Scheduling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
    2. Integration of Maintenance Constraints in Scheduling: Fuzzy Modelling and Multi-Agent Approach

      • Thierry Coudert, Bernard Grabot, Bernard Archimède
      Pages 297-304
    3. Autonomous Multi-Agents Architecture for Control of Manufacturing Systems

      • B. Bouzouïa, Y. Hafri, T. Boudellal
      Pages 305-314

About this book

New market trends and the emergence of the so-called Internet-based `new economy' are leading companies to new forms of organization, mostly relying on privileged cooperation links. Nowadays, most manufacturing processes are not carried out by single enterprises. Rather, organizations feel the need to focus on their core competencies and join efforts with others, in order to fulfill the requirements of new products/services demanded by the global market. In a cooperative networked organization, every enterprise is just a node that adds some value to the process; namely, a step in the manufacturing/supply chain. Furthermore, manufacturing companies increasingly encompass what has typically been regarded as the domain of the service sector. They try to establish long-term relationships with their customers, in order to service their needs around a manufactured product. For these reasons, the area of virtual organizations and industrial virtual enterprises is attracting growing interest in terms of research and development, and implementation approaches for new business practices.
The main emphasis of this book is on virtual enterprises and other networked organizations, with special focus on: supporting infrastructures and management of distributed business processes, intelligent multi-agent systems, knowledge management, human interfaces, and socio-economical aspects. Also included in the book are related topics on automation, both in manufacturing and transportation. Special attention is assigned to the fact that advances in information technology and new organizational paradigms will be used not only to induce new economic structures, but also to help a sustainable migration of existing systems towards the new economy. When electronic business initiatives attract such widespread attention, it is important to conciliate the `old' and `new' economies under a balanced perspective.
Advances in Networked Enterprises isessential reading for researchers and engineering students in production engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial sociology, and transportation, as well as for engineers and practitioners in manufacturing and transportation systems organization and planning.

Editors and Affiliations

  • New University of Lisbon, Portugal

    Luis M. Camarinha-Matos

  • University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Hamideh Afsarmanesh

  • Technical University of Berlin, Germany

    Heinz-H. Erbe

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