@inproceedings{8d9fefac08e44bb19703d78d6312a82a,
title = "The PRODNET architecture",
abstract = "The PRODNET II consortium designed and implemented an open infrastructure to support industrial virtual enterprises with special focus on the needs of small and medium sired enterprises. The proposed architecture is described summarizing ifs main components. The infer-modules communication mechanisms are presented and an illustrative example is given. An approach for hierarchical coordination is proposed and examples of advanced coordination functionalities are described. Finally the creation and configuration steps for a virtual enterprise are discussed.",
keywords = "Internal Module, Virtual Enterprise, Enterprise Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning System, Reference Architecture",
author = "Camarinha-Matos, {L. M.} and H. Afsarmanesh",
year = "1999",
doi = "10.1007/978-0-387-35577-1_8",
language = "English",
isbn = "0-7923-8639-6",
series = "IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "109--126",
editor = "Camarinha-Matos, {L. M.} and H. Afsarmanesh",
booktitle = "INFRASTRUCTURES FOR VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES: NETWORKING INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES",
address = "Netherlands",
note = "IFIP TC5 WG5 3/PRODNET Working Conference on Infrastructures for Virtual Enterprises (PRO-VE 99) ; Conference date: 27-10-1999 Through 28-10-1999",
}