Title :
A Self-Organising Environment for Evolving Business Activities
Author :
Razavi, A. ; Moschoyiannis, S. ; Krause, P.
fDate :
July 27 2008-Aug. 1 2008
Abstract :
In this paper we are concerned with providing support for business activities in moving from value chains to value networks. We describe a fully distributed P2P architecture which reflects the dynamics of business processes that are not governed by a single organisation. The temporary virtual networks of long-term business transactions are used as the building block of the overall scale-free business network. The design is based on dynamically formed permanent clusters resulting in a topology that is highly resilient to failures (and attacks) and is capable of reconfiguring itself to adapt to changes in business models and respond to global failures of conceptual hubs. This fosters an environment where business communities can evolve to meet emerging business opportunities and achieve sustainable growth within a digital ecosystem.
Keywords :
business communication; complex networks; peer-to-peer computing; small-to-medium enterprises; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network topology; SME; business process dynamics; digital ecosystem; distributed P2P architecture; long-term business transaction; network topology; scale-free business network; self-organising environment; temporary virtual network; value chain; value network; Business; Centralized control; Clothing; Collaboration; Distributed computing; Ecosystems; Information technology; Intelligent networks; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; business transactions; digital ecosystems; scale-free networks; value networks; virtual super peers;
Conference_Titel :
Computing in the Global Information Technology, 2008. ICCGI '08. The Third International Multi-Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3275-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3275-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICCGI.2008.37
