Virtual Enterprises
Code
7316
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Luís Manuel Camarinha de Matos
Weekly hours
4
Total hours
59
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
1. Knowledge: a) Base concepts of collaborative networks. b) General knowledge about support technologies. c) Analysis of requirements.
2. Know-how: a) Capacity to integrate multi-disciplinary knowledge. b) Capacity to deal with complex and evolving problems. c) Capacity to solve problems in new contexts.
3. Non-technical competencies: a) Pro-activity capacity. b) Capacity of realization. c) Team work and communication skills. d) Synthesis and critical analysis skills.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of computer technologies and Internet.
Subject matter
1. INTRODUCTION
2. BASE CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS
3.ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS OF COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS
4. INFRASTRUCTURES FOR COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS
5. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS
6. COORDINATION IN CN
7. DISTRIBUTED BUSINESS PROCESSES
8. SAFE COMMUNICATIONS IN CN
9. "BREEDING ENVIRONMENTS"
10. PARTNERS SEARCH AND SELECTION
11. PORTALS
12. E-COMMERCE AND E-MARKETS
13. PROFESSIONAL VRTUAL COMMUNITIES
Bibliography
- Course notes (slides) - L. M. Camarinha Matos
- INFRASTRUCTURES FOR VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES: Networking industrial enterprises, L. M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh (Editores), Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Virtual Organizations: Systems and Practices, L. M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, M. Ollus, Springer.
- The Agile Virtual Enterprise: Cases, Metrics, Tools, H. T. Goranson, Quorum Books.
- Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling, L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, Springer.
- Selected papers.
Evaluation method
1 Test: 50% .... May 2016
1 Lab work with discussion: 50% .... May 2016