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Business operations, including sales, marketing, manufacturing, and design, can no longer be done in isolation, but must be done in a global context, i.e., as part of an enterprise. A characteristic of such enterprises is that their information systems are large and complex, and the information is in a variety of forms, locations, and computers. The topology of these systems is dynamic and their content is changing so rapidly that it is difficult for a user or an application program to obtain correct information, or for the enterprise to maintain consistent information.
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Huhns, M.N., Singh, M.P. (1998). Managing Heterogeneous Transaction Workflows with Co-operating Agents. In: Jennings, N.R., Wooldridge, M.J. (eds) Agent Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03678-5_12
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