Virtual Enterprises
Objectives
1. Knowledge: a) Base concepts of collaborative networks. b) General knowledge about support technologies. c) Analysis of requirements.
2. Know-how: a) Capacity to integrate multi-disciplinary knowledge. b) Capacity to deal with complex and evolving problems. c) Capacity to solve problems in new contexts.
3. Non-technical competencies: a) Pro-activity capacity. b) Capacity of realization. c) Team work and communication skills. d) Synthesis and critical analysis skills.
General characterization
Code
7316
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Luís Manuel Camarinha de Matos
Hours
Weekly - 5
Total - 73
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
- Course notes (slides) - L. M. Camarinha Matos
- INFRASTRUCTURES FOR VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES: Networking industrial enterprises, L. M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh (Editores), Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Virtual Organizations: Systems and Practices, L. M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, M. Ollus, Springer.
- The Agile Virtual Enterprise: Cases, Metrics, Tools, H. T. Goranson, Quorum Books.
- Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling, L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, Springer.
- Selected papers.
Teaching method
Available soon
Evaluation method
1 Test - 50%
3 Lab works - 50% (15%, 25%, 10%)
Subject matter
1. INTRODUCTION
2. BASE CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS
3.ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS OF COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS
4. INFRASTRUCTURES FOR COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS
5. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS
6. COORDINATION IN CN
7. DISTRIBUTED BUSINESS PROCESSES
8. SAFE COMMUNICATIONS IN CN
9. "BREEDING ENVIRONMENTS"
10. PARTNERS SEARCH AND SELECTION
11. PORTALS
12. E-COMMERCE AND E-MARKETS
13. PROFESSIONAL VRTUAL COMMUNITIES
Programs
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