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Virtual organisations (VOs) are composed of a number of individuals, departments or organisations each of which has a range of capabilities and resources at their disposal. These VOs are formed so that resources may be pooled and services combined with a view to the exploitation of a perceived market niche. However, in the modern commercial environment it is essential to respond rapidly to changes in the market to remain competitive. Thus, there is a need for robust, flexible systems to support the process of VO management. Within the CONOISE (www.conoise.org) project, agent-based models and techniques are being developed for the automated formation and maintenance of virtual organisations. In this paper we focus on a critical element of VO management: how an effective VO may be formed rapidly for a specified purpose.
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Norman, T.J. et al. (2004). CONOISE: Agent-Based Formation of Virtual Organisations. In: Coenen, F., Preece, A., Macintosh, A. (eds) Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XX. SGAI 2003. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-412-8_26
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