M iddleware refers to a broad class of software infrastructure technologies that use high-level abstractions to simplify construction of distributed systems. Over the past decade, the adoption of commercial off-the-shelf middleware products across the software industry has gathered significant momentum. COTS products make it possible to deploy application components in high-performance, scalabl...

Early work on the evaluation of the business impact of information technology (IT) focused on linking investments in IT to productivity. Recently, the trend has shifted to viewing IT within its specific organizational context, in order to better evaluate its impact. In this research in progress, we take the next step along this trend by proposing a framework that examines the business value of ...

Recent years have witnessed a tremendous growth in information and communication technologies that facilitate the design and implementation of complex inter-enterprise business processes. One of the major innovations is the concept of service-oriented architectures which considers software systems as being made up with autonomous, dynamic, loosely coupled and service-based components. This pape...

Introduction: Every year several disease outbreaks, such as influenza-like illnesses (ILI) and other contagious illnesses, impose various costs to public and non-government agencies. Most of these expenses are due to not being ready to handle such disease outbreaks. An appropriate preparation will reduce the expenses. A system that is able to recognize these outbreaks can earn ...

Nowadays, with the increasing pressure of the competitive business environment and demand for diverse products, manufacturers are force to seek for solutions that reduce production costs and rise product quality. Cellular manufacturing system (CMS), as a means to this end, has been a point of attraction to both researchers and practitioners. Limitations of cell formation problem (CFP), as one o...

In today’s competitive business situation, performance evaluation of firms is an extremely important concern of all the people who are typically stakeholders of the business game. In case of holding companies, this is a more important issue since the parent firm must permanently control the situation of its subsidiaries in their sectors to make appropriate investment decisions. This paper...

Data quality management initiatives could both help to prevent the occurrence of data defects and repair their effect. While such initiatives can reduce overall costs, they also cause costs for their development and implementation. Therefore, the overall aim is not to improve data quality by any means, but to ensure cost-efficiency. The paper proposes a meta-model for simulating data quality ma...

Abstract. The advent of e-business heralds new opportunities and challenges for buyers and sellers in business-to-business commerce. The electronic trading reduces transaction and search costs and reduces other market inefficiencies. The electronic trading also shortens supply chains and lowers inventory carrying costs. On the other hand e-business increases supplier competition, reduces prices...