@inproceedings{53b88014ff134d2ba9fa8f0e92836d84,
title = "Flexible coordination in virtual enterprises",
abstract = "Flexible coordination is a major aspect in the development of open support infrastructures for Industrial Virtual Enterprises (VE). The coordination issues in VEs in the context of Small and Medium size Enterprises and the need for very flexible and easily configurable solutions are discussed. The approaches and the hierarchical coordination infrastructure being partly developed by and applied to the Esprit PRODNET II project is presented. The combination of a workflow management approach for coordination with a distributed/federated database management system is introduced as the coordination kernel, and some implementation results presented. Copyright (C) 1998 IFAC.",
keywords = "co-ordination, enterprise integration, computer integrated manufacturing, information systems",
author = "LM Camarinha-Matos and H Afsarmanesh",
year = "1999",
language = "English",
isbn = "0-08-043239-5",
series = "IFAC WORKSHOP SERIES",
publisher = "PERGAMON PRESS LTD",
pages = "35--40",
editor = "P Kopacek and CE Pereira",
booktitle = "Proc. of IMS{\textquoteright}98 - 5th IFAC Workshop on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems",
note = "5th IFAC Workshop on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS 98) ; Conference date: 09-11-1998 Through 11-11-1998",
}