Enterprise Information Systems II

by Sharp, Bernadette; Filipe, Joaquim; Cordeiro, Jose

• ISBN13: 9780792371779
• ISBN10: 0792371771
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The purpose of the 2nd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS) was to bring together researchers, engineers, and practitioners interested in the advances and business applications of information systems. The research papers focused on real-world applications covering four main themes: Enterprise Database Applications, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Decision Support Systems, Systems Analysis and Specification, and Internet and Electronic Commerce. This volume presents selected papers presented at this conference. This book will be of interest to IT researchers, practitioners, managers and policy makers interested in the advances of Enterprise Information Systems.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Conference Committee	xi
INVITED PAPERS
E-Commerce and Its Real-Time Requirements: Modeling E-Commerce as a Real-Time System	1	(6)
Albert M. K. Cheng
Developing Agent-Oriented Information Systems for the Enterprise	7	(16)
Jaelson Castro
Manuel Kolp
John Mylopoulos
PART 1--ENTERPRISE DATABASE TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Simplifying Database Design and Integrating it into Dynamic Web Site Construction	23	(7)
Ian Newman
Process Enabled Information Systems	30	(6)
Giorgio Bruno
Marco Torchiano
Information Security: A Logic Based Approach	36	(6)
Steve Barker
Object-Oriented Decision Support System	42	(7)
Franck Ravat
Olivier Teste
Measures to Get Better Quality Databases	49	(7)
Marcela Genero
Mario Piattini
Coral Calero
Manuel Serrano
A Gemstone GIS	56	(5)
Mary Garvey
Mike Jackson
Martin Roberts
Creating Realistic Data for Performance Evaluation	61	(8)
Chris Bates
Innes Ritchie
PART 2--ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Experiments in Optimising the Task of Anaphora Resolution	69	(5)
Constantin Orasan
Richard Evans
Self Organising Maps for Value Estimation to Solve Reinforcement Learning Tasks	74	(10)
A. Kleiner
B. Sharp
O. Bittel
An Information Theoretic Self-Organising Map with Disaggregation of Output Classes	84	(10)
Mark A. O'Connor
William J. Walley
Syntax-Directed Translation Schemes for Multi-Agent Systems Conversation Modelling	94	(7)
Ana Fred
Joaquim Filipe
Development of an Information System for Wind Power Stations	101	(7)
S. A. Papazis
M. G. Ioannides
P. N. Fotilas
An Architecture for On-Line Intelligent Control of Blast Furnaces	108	(5)
Javier Tuya
Eugenia Diaz
Marta Hermida
Jose A. L. Brugos
Angel Neira
Alfredo Alguero
Faustino Obeso
A User-Friendly Development Tool for Medical Diagnosis Based on Bayesian Networks	113	(8)
Isabel Milho
Ana Fred
PART 3--SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND SPECIFICATION
Statecharts for Business Process Modeling	121	(5)
Anthony Lauder
Stuart Kent
Addressing Multiple Software Processes in Business	126	(5)
Jin Sa
Stewart Green
Ian Beeson
Alan Sully
Placing the User in Systems Engineering	131	(7)
Albert Alderson
Representation Process and Abductive Reasoning an Experimental Approach of the Diagrammatic Case	138	(5)
Bernard Morand
IDEF Diagrams and Petri Nets for Business Process Modeling: Suitability, Efficacy, and Complementary Use	143	(6)
Vesna Bosilj-Vuksic
George M. Giaglis
Vlatka Hlupic
Integrating Product Data with Workflow Data in Enterprise Models	149	(7)
R. McClatchey
Z. Kovacs
J-M. Le Goff
G. Chevenier
N. Baker
T. Solomonides
Evaluating It Usage in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises	156	(10)
D. T. Thomas
A. Alderson
H. Shah
D.J. Collins
A Holistic Information Systems Strategy for Organisational Management--Hissom	166	(7)
D. Lanc
L. M. MacKinnon
Rhodes, A Process Component Centered Software Engineering Environment	173	(12)
Bernard Coulette
Tran Dan Thu
Xavier Cregut
Dong Thi Bich Thuy
PART 4--INTERNET AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
An E-Commerce Model for Extending ERP Systems onto the Internet: an Australian Perspective	185	(5)
Colin G. Ash
Mediation, Agreement and Gratitude in Strategic Planning for Virtual Organisations	190	(7)
Luis Brito
Paulo Novais
Jose Neves
XML-Based Frameworks for Internet Commerce	197	(6)
Yuxiao Zhao
Kristian Sandahl
Agents for Electronic Commerce	203	(5)
V. Shankararaman
B. Robinson
W. Lam
Towards a Secure and Complete Protocol for Electronic Commerce	208	(7)
Runzhuo He
Kecheng Liu
Integrating Meeting Results in Organisations	215	(6)
Carlos J. Costa
Pedro Antunes
Joao Ferreira Dias
Author Index	221