Scalable Enterprise Systems

1. A Review of Enterprise Process Modelling Techniques.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Review of Process Modelling Techniques.- 3. Modelling Next-Generation Enterprises.- 4. The Distributed Integrated modelling of enterprises (DME) framework.- 5. Conclusions.- 6. Acknowledgements.- 7. References.- 2. Design and Manufacturing Process Management in a Network of Distributed Suppliers.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Background.- 3. Process modeling: A brief review.- 4. Functional Requirements of Process Management: Specification and Execution.- 5. Description of Midas System.- 6. Process Flow Generation and Execution.- 7. Percolation and Sensitivity Analysis: Process Expansion.- 8. A simple example.- 9. Conclusion.- 3. Finite Automata Modeling and Analysis of Supply Chain Networks.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Preliminaries.- 3. Supply Chain Modeling.- 4. Supply Chain Analysis.- 5. “GOURMET-TO-GO”- A Case Study.- 6. Conclusion.- 4. Distributed Control Algorithms for Scalable Decision-Making from Sensors-to Suppliers.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Feedback Control of Discrete Event-Timing.- 3. Modeling Event Timing Control Using Discontinuous Differential Equations.- 4. Unified Modeling and Control from Sensors-to-Suppliers.- 5. Conclusions.- 6. References.- 5. Collaborative Multiagent Based Information Infrastructure for Transportation Problem Solving.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Transportation problem.- 3. AGENT Interactions.- 4. Multiagent Model.- 5. Comparison with Other Research.- 6. Conclusions.- 6. Improving Scalability of E-Commerce Systems with Knowledge Discovery.- 1. Background.- 2. Case Study: Online Auctions for Recyclable Products.- 3. The Curse of Dimensionality.- 4. Expediting the System Operations.- 5. Improving Scalability of an Online Auction System.- 6. Conclusions.- References.- 7. AScalable Supply Chain Infrastructure Research Test-Bed.- 1. Background.- 2. A Scalable SCI test-bed Architecture.- 3. Advanced decision models.- 4. Support for Other Research Projects.- 5. Conclusions.- 6. Acknowledgements.- 7. References.- 8. Publish Subscribe Middleware.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Evolution of Publish Subscribe Systems.- 3. Design Issues in Content Based Systems.- 4. Event Multicast in Content Based Systems.- 5. Secure end point delivery.- 6. Summary.- 9. Experimental Study of Scalability Enhancement for Reverse Logistics E-Commerce.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Description of Experimental Prototype.- 3. Experimental Design.- 4. Auction Recommender.- 5. Conclusion.- 10. Web-Based Distributed Multi-Agent Architecture for Implementing Value Nets.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Literature Review.- 3. Multi-Agent Architecture.- 4. Agent Communication.- 5. Implementation of Multi-agents for value nets.- 6. Conclusions.- 7. Future work.