the supplier selection is a multi-criteria decision making which consist both qualities and quantities metrics. a lot of investigations have been published in the supplier selection area and, most of the proposed models focused on manufacturing environments and a few papers have been allocated for service industries. proposed system utilizes new method that transfer the house of quality (hoq) a...

Business applications composed of heterogeneous distributed components or Web services need mediation to resolve data and process mismatches at runtime. This paper describes mediation in IRS-III, a framework and platform for developing WSMO-based Semantic Web Services. We present our approach to mediation within Semantic Web Services and highlight the role of WSMO mediator types when solving mi...

Recent studies show that much of Electronic Commerce activities will be conducted via the Internet, such activities encompassing business-business as well as client-business and administration-business relationships. However, the Internet has not been designed to support such activities and it lacks many features, as Quality of Service requirements or Charging and Accounting facilities. At the ...

Economic theory defines services as customisable, interactive processes that providers have the potential to carry out together with clients that benefit from their effects. It is understood that service transactions are best organised by means of virtual collaborative networks, where ICT allows configuring multiple providers and processes on a per-request basis. Existing conceptual models for ...

Katrina holds the position of Deputy Director of Nursing at Lyndoch Warrnambool Inc., which is the largest provider of residential services in the South-West region of Victoria. In addition to the organizations vast community services, Lyndoch provides accommodation for 85 high care residents and 112 people with low care needs. With over twenty years experience as a nurse Katrina has been fortu...

Clients are the vital artery of every industry and business. Maintaining these customers is one of the most important tasks of any business, especially banks.  The  specific needs  of  customers and  the increasing compe- tition in the banking services market have led banks to create structures that can respond flexibly to these needs. Obviously, one of the important points is that moving to th...

Clients are the vital artery of every industry and business. Maintaining these customers is one of the most important tasks of any business, especially banks.  The  specific needs  of  customers and  the increasing compe- tition in the banking services market have led banks to create structures that can respond flexibly to these needs. Obviously, one of the important points is that moving to th...

The success of the Internet as a medium for the supply and commerce of various kinds of goods and services leads to a fast growing number of autonomous and heterogeneous providers that offer and sell goods and services electronically. The new market structures have already entered all kinds of markets. Approaches for market infrastructures usually try to cope with the heterogeneity of the provi...