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Design of a Multi Agent Based Virtual Enterprise Framework for Sustainable Production

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Virtual and Networked Organizations, Emergent Technologies and Tools (ViNOrg 2011)

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In this paper a Platform as a Service (PaaS) based multi agent virtual enterprise framework for sustainability is introduced which is designed in order to facilitate the collaboration between Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) working in Aviation and Defense Cluster of OSTIM Organized Industrial Region in Ankara, Turkey. In order to enable SMEs to capture opportunities and design products collaboratively in a network, a Virtual Enterprise framework shall be developed. This framework also targets to improve sustainability for the SMEs in the breeding environment and prepare them for the forthcoming legislation regarding reduction of environmental impact, energy management and minimizing carbon emissions.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, 06531, Ankara, Turkey

    Bahram Lotfi Sadigh & S. Engin Kılıç

  2. Mechanical Engineering Department, TOBB Economics and Technology University, 06560, Ankara, Turkey

    H. Özgür Ünver

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  2. Polytechnic Institute of Cávado e Ave, Vila Frescainha S. Martinho BCL, 4750-810, Portugal

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Sadigh, B.L., Ünver, H.Ö., Kılıç, S.E. (2012). Design of a Multi Agent Based Virtual Enterprise Framework for Sustainable Production. In: Putnik, G.D., Cruz-Cunha, M.M. (eds) Virtual and Networked Organizations, Emergent Technologies and Tools. ViNOrg 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 248. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31800-9_20

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