This paper presents the architectural design and implementation of DIGICOR—a
collaborative Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) platform aimed at enabling SMEs to dynamically form supply …

Enterprises are surviving in a digital transitioning society, where the creation of strategic
alliances is one important result of this constant change during the coronavirus 2019 …

With the rapid advancement of information and communication technologies, particularly
Internet and Web-based technologies during the past 15 years, various systems integration …

Industrial Agents explains how multi-agent systems improve collaborative networks to offer
dynamic service changes, customization, improved quality and reliability, and flexible …

Advances in microelectronics, semiconductor and information and communication
technologies allow the creation and the development of ubiquitous systems. These …

What is a collaborative networked organization? What is a virtual enterprise? And a virtual
organization? Is this a new paradigm? These are some of the questions very often asked …

Agility is the competitive advantage in the global manufacturing environment. It is believed
that the agility can be realized by dynamically reconfigurable virtual enterprise. However, the …

The area of Virtual Organizations as a main component of the new discipline of
Collaborative Networks has been particularly active in Europe where a large number of R&D …

Virtual enterprises paradigm represents an important application field for multi-agent
approaches, both in terms of modeling and infrastructure development. This article …

The challenge in Aerospace Engineering, in the next two decades as set by Vision 2020, is
to meet the targets of reduction of nitric oxide emission by 80%, carbon monoxide and …