Multi-attribute negotiation in e-business process composition

Proceedings of the Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WETICE

Volumn 13, Issue , 2004, Pages 141-146

  Shaikh, Shazib E ^a   Mehandjiev, Nikolay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-BUSINESS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES; WEB SERVICES;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; CONTRACTS; DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 10444266093     PISSN: 15244547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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