Abstract. In this paper, we describe how the AGORA multi-agent architecture is used to support Virtual Enterprises(VE). Software agents represent the partners of a VE, who collabor...
Given societies’ massive investment in information technology and the potentially catastrophic consequences of IT failures, it is becoming increasingly critical to understand ho...
Data retrieval and its integration is one of the major problems that face large and complex health organizations. This is especially relevant when patient information is produced i...
The implementation and use of new information technology initiate changes. These changes can be either of a technological nature (and often explicitly known), or of a social natur...
It is becoming more important to design systems capable of performing high-level management and control tasks in interactive dynamic environments. At the same time, it is difficul...