Distributed Information Systems in Business

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VI

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2. Managing Distributed Information Systems

   1. Managing Distributed Information Systems

      • Wolfgang Koenig, Karl Kurbel, Peter Mertens, Dieter Pressmar

      Pages 1-13

3. Theoretical Section

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. INCOME/STAR: Facing the Challenges for Cooperative Information System Development Environments

      • Andreas Oberweis, Wolffried Stucky, Gabriele Zimmermann

      Pages 17-34

   3. A Business Process Oriented Approach to Data Integration

      • Eberhard Stickel, Jens Hunstock, Anke Ortmann, Jan Ortmann

      Pages 35-54

   4. Solving Decision Problems by Distributed Decomposition and Delegation

      • Oliver Wendt, Peter Rittgen, Wolfgang Koenig

      Pages 55-72

   5. Distributed Cooperative Budget-Planning and -Control

      • Eckart Zwicker, Claus Rottenbacher

      Pages 73-86

   6. Decentralized Problem Solving in Logistics with Partly Intelligent Agents and Comparison with Alternative Approaches

      • Peter Mertens, Jürgen Falk, Stefan Spieck, Mark Weigelt

      Pages 87-103

   7. Organizational Multi-Agent Systems: A Process Driven Approach

      • R. Unland, St. Kirn, U. Wanka, G. M. P. O’Hare, S. Abbas

      Pages 105-122

   8. Development and Simulation of Methods for Scheduling and Coordinating Decentralized Job Shops Using Multi-Computer Systems

      • Oliver Holthaus, Otto Rosenberg, Hans Ziegler

      Pages 123-137

   9. Distributed Environments for Evolutionary Algorithms by means of Multi-Agent Applications

      • Herbert Kopfer, Thomas Utecht, Christian Bierwirth

      Pages 139-155

4. Application Section

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. Multi-Layered Development of Business Process Models and Distributed Business Application Systems - An Object-Oriented Approach -

      • Otto K. Ferstl, Elmar J. Sinz

      Pages 159-179

   3. Computer Support for Distributed Information Management Tasks (CUVIMA)

      • P. Elgass, H. Krcmar, B. Ludwig, S. Schönwälder

      Pages 181-200

   4. The GroupFlow Framework: Enterprise Model and Architecture of the Workflow System

      • Ludwig Nastansky, Wolfgang Hilpert

      Pages 201-212

   5. ALLFIWIB: Customer Consulting in Financial Services with Distributed Knowledge Based Systems

      • Ulrike Einsfeld, Mark Roemer, Peter Roßbach, Klaus Sandbiller, Andreas Will

      Pages 213-228

   6. A Generic Approach for Computer-Assistance of Complex Decision Processes

      • T. Heissel, H. Krallmann, U. Meyer, M. Müller-Wünsch, C. Schopf, A. Woltering

      Pages 229-252

   7. Group Scheduling — Methods and Tools for Distributed Scheduling Processes in a Corporate Environment

      • Leena Suhl, Erwin Reinecke, Uwe Pape

      Pages 253-272

   8. Modeling Knowledge about Long-term IS Integration and Integration-oriented Reengineering with KADS

      • Karl Kurbel, Reinhard Jung, Wolfram Pietsch

      Pages 273-289

5. Back Matter

   Pages 291-302

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This book gives answers to the question how distributed information systems can serve management, especially lean management. The authors develop new theoretical insights for the future of decentralized firms and offer concepts for creating and maintaining distributed information systems. The book contains interesting prototypes in logistics and financial industries and shows designs and applications of workflow systems. It offers a state-of-the-art survey of the subject.

• Planning
• Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Workflow
• business informatics
• computer science
• decision support system
• distributed systems
• information management
• information system
• information systems
• modeling
• organization
• simulation
• system development
• workflow systems

• University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

  Wolfgang König

• Wirtschaftsinformatik II, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany

  Karl Kurbel

• Betriebswirtschaftliches Institut, Bereich Wirtschaftsinformatik I, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany

  Peter Mertens

• Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

  Dieter Pressmar

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