| Pervasive Collaborative Networks: Ifip Tc 5 Wg 5.5 Ninth Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, September 8-10, 2008, Poznan, Poland 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Camarinha-Matos, Luis M. (Editor), Picard, Willy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0387848363 ISBN-13: 9780387848365 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Computer Science - Computers | Interactive & Multimedia - Computers | Information Technology |
| Dewey: 658.403 |
| Series: Ifip International Federation for Information Processing |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.40 lbs) 640 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS Becoming a pervasive paradigm In recent years the area of collaborative networks is being consolidated as a new discipline (Camarinha-Matos, Afsarmanesh, 2005) that encompasses and gives more structured support to a large diversity of collaboration forms. In terms of applications, besides the "traditional" sectors represented by the advanced supply chains, virtual enterprises, virtual organizations, virtual teams, and their breading environments, new forms of collaborative structures are emerging in all sectors of the society. Examples can be found in e-government, intelligent transportation systems, collaborative virtual laboratories, agribusiness, elderly care, silver economy, etc. In some cases those developments tend to adopt a terminology that is specific of that domain; often the involved actors in a given domain are not fully aware of the developments in the mainstream research on collaborative networks. For instance, the grid community adopted the term "virtual organization" but focused mainly on the resource sharing perspective, ignoring most of the other aspects involved in collaboration. The European enterprise interoperability community, which was initially focused on the intra-enterprise aspects, is moving towards inter-enterprise collaboration. Collaborative networks are thus becoming a pervasive paradigm giving basis to new socio-organizational structures. |