Enterprise Information Systems

This book includes a set of selected papers from the first "International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems," (ICEIS'99) held in SeÜtbal, Portugal, from 27 to 30 March 1999. ICEIS focuses on real world applications and aims at becoming a major point of contact between research scientists, engineers and practitioners in the area of business applications of information systems. This year four simultaneous tracks were held, covering different aspects related to enterprise computing, including: Systems Analysis and Specijication, Database Technology and its Applications, Artijicial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems, and Internet and Intranet Computing. Although ICEIS'99 received more than 200 submissions, only 96 papers were accepted for oral presentation and only 24 were selected for inclusion in this book. These numbers demonstrate stringent quality criteria and the intention of maintaining a high quality forum for future editions ofthis conference. A number of additional keynote lectures, case studies and technical tutorials were also held. These presentations, by specialists in different knowledge areas made an important contribution to increase the overall quality of the Conference, and are partially expressed in the first two papers of the book. Front Matter....Pages i-x Enterprise Information Systems: Issues, Challenges and Viewpoints....Pages 1-13 New Directions for Systems Analysis and Design....Pages 14-39 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 Generating Object-Z Specifications from Use Cases....Pages 43-50 Alliance: An Agent-Based Case Environment for Enterprise Process Modelling, Enactment and Quantitative Control....Pages 51-62 Adaptive Workflow....Pages 63-70 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Using Gert Networks....Pages 71-80 Integrated Approach for Information System Analysis at the Enterprise Level....Pages 81-88 The Software Dimensions Theory....Pages 89-98 The Future of Enterprise Groupware Applications....Pages 99-106 Customer Oriented Enterprise Information Management....Pages 107-111 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 Updating Multiple Databases through Mediators....Pages 115-122 Modelling Background Processes in Parallel Database Systems for Performance Prediction....Pages 123-130 An Information System for Distributed Manufacturing Enterprises....Pages 131-138 Gathering the Right Information at the Right Time....Pages 139-145 Prototype Validation of the Trapezoidal Attribute Cardinality Map for Query Optimization in Database Systems....Pages 146-152 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 Damas: An Integrated Business Modelling Information System to Support Management Enterprise Decisions....Pages 155-162 Harnessing AI Technologies to Meet the Requirements of Adaptive Workflow Systems....Pages 163-170 Solving the Timetabling Problem with Simulated Annealing....Pages 171-178 A General Methodology for Robotic Haptic Recognition of 3-D Objects....Pages 179-186 What’s in a Node....Pages 187-193 Front Matter....Pages 195-195 Blind Signatures with Double-Hashed Messages for Fair Electronic Elections and Ownership Claimable Digital Cash....Pages 197-203 Maximising the Benefits of Electronic Commerce....Pages 204-210 A ‘Semantic’ Approach for Implementing Metadata on the World Wide Web....Pages 211-220 Video Communications Over IP/ATM Networks Implementation Issues and Performance....Pages 221-228 System Support for Intranet-Based Workflow Processing....Pages 229-234 A Remote Meteorological Data Service Supported on CORBA....Pages 235-242 Back Matter....Pages 243-243 The purpose of any information system is to support the activities of an organisation. Therefore it is necessary to have a good grasp of information technology aspects related to information systems as well as the business characteristics and needs the technology should serve. This volume presents selected papers presented at the ICEIS '99 conference, aimed at bringing together active researchers in information systems and practitioners. Also, it includes invited contributions by leading authorities in the four main areas that are covered, namely database technology applications; systems analysis and design; artificial intelligence and decision support systems; and Internet and Intranet computing. Audience: This book will be of interest to information technology professionals, especially those working on systems integration, databases, decision support systems or electronic commerce. It will also be of use to middle managers who need to work with information systems and require knowledge of current trends in development methods and applications "This volume presents selected papers presented at the ICEIS '99 conference, aimed at bringing together active researchers in information systems and practitioners. Also, it includes invited contributions by leading authorities in the four main topic areas that are covered, namely database technology applications; systems analysis and design; artificial intelligence and decision support systems; and internet and intranet computing."