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Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I.1. Initializing enterprise interoperability research by EU-funded projects -- I.1.1. IDEAS -- I.1.2. INTEROP-NoE -- I.1.3. ATHENA - IP -- I.1.4. I-ESA conference -- I.2. Consolidation and deployment of enterprise interoperability research: INTEROP-VLab Aisbl -- I.2.1. INTEROP-VLab Aisbl -- I.2.2. INTEROP-VLab GSO pole -- I.3. Framework and definition of enterprise interoperability -- I.4. Presentation of the book -- I.4.1. Chapters -- I.4.2. Interpretative framework -- I.5. Bibliography -- 1. Framework for Enterprise Interoperability -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Enterprise interoperability concepts -- 1.2.1. Interoperability barriers -- 1.2.2. Interoperability concerns -- 1.2.3. Interoperability approaches -- 1.3. Framework for Enterprise Interoperability -- 1.3.1. Problem space versus solution space -- 1.3.2. The two basic dimensions -- 1.3.3. The third dimension -- 1.3.4. Complementary dimensions -- 1.4. Conclusion and prospects -- 1.5. Bibliography -- 2. Networked Companies and a Typology of Collaborations -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Various types of collaboration between companies -- 2.2.1. Strategic alliances -- 2.2.2. Integrated logistics management -- 2.2.3. Network enterprise -- 2.2.4. Virtual organizations and clusters -- 2.2.5. Virtual communities -- 2.3. Classification of the various types of collaboration and interoperability -- 2.3.1. Long-term strategic collaboration -- 2.4. Conclusion -- 2.5. Bibliography -- 3. Designing Natively Interoperable Complex Systems: An Interface Design Pattern Proposal -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Work program: context, problematic, hypothesis and expected contributions -- 3.3. Concepts -- 3.4. Interface design pattern model -- 3.5. Conclusion and further work -- 3.6. Appendix -- 3.7. Bibliography

12 pages ; International audience ; The field of research, which address distributed enterprises interoperability implementation with HLA (High Level Architecture), was initiated in the final report on future trends of INTEROP Network of Excellence (Chen et al., 2007). This report presents fields of investigation to support large federation oriented enterprise interoperability and state the requirement of interoperability transition from concepts to implementation. In this paper, we present, in a first point, the enterprise modeling and the enterprise interoperability concepts. A uni-fying three dimensional framework has been proposed in [1] for enterprise interoperability to represent the ability of interactions between enterprise systems. In this approach, the interoperability is considered as significant if the inter-actions can take place at least at the three different levels of conceptual abstraction and if interoperability barriers can be bridged. Then, an interoperability approach can be proposed considering the degree of integration between the different enterprises. After that, we give a review of ongoing researches using HLA to support enterprise interoperability execution. In-deed, the HLA standard, initially designed for military M&S purpose, can be transposed for enterprise interoperabil-ity at the implementation level, reusing the years of experiences in distributed systems. Then, we conclude the state of the art part by presenting MDA (Model Driven Architecture) methodology that assists the transformation of enterprise models from conceptual level to models for execution or simulation and the emerging MDI (Model Driven Interoperability) methodology for considering the interoperability transformation. We have recalled complementary levels of abstraction to describe enterprise models and a methodology to transform them, but there is no completed methodology for distributed Enterprise modeling, addressing interoperability consid-eration at each level. From that postulate, we propose to ...

International audience ; The diffusion of information is defined as the communication process by which an idea or information spreads within a social system and impacts the behavior of social actors (individuals). The social interaction plays an important role in studying the propagation of information and how it influences people. When an informational event occurs, it can either die out quickly or have significant impact on a population. The interactions could be supported by physical proximity contact, remote collaboration, any type of social meetings, and some forms of verbal or written communication, depending on the situations. Institutions and firms search to understand and predict the impact of information propagation on individuals. Agent-based modeling is a powerful approach for studying such a collective process. However, existing models oversimplify the cultural attributes, the different types of links, and information content, despite the evidence of their central role in the diffusion process. In this context, great benefits could be derived from the exploitation of an individual's personality and cultural values in the diffusion models. In this paper, we describe a new architecture for an agent-based model using the DEVS (Discrete Event System Specification) framework and show how this architecture is flexible and can support the simulation of the dissemination process. In more detail, we define a set of models of individuals characterized by a set of state variables to represent the behavior of an individual and the individual's network within a multi-layer social network. Then, we start by introducing the platform architecture, specifically designed to simulate message propagation in a multi-layer network. Finally, a military scenario of message diffusion during a stabilization phase is used to test our DEVS models on the platform and the relevancy of the simulation results.

International audience ; This paper aims at proposing an specification of the Federation oriented Enterprise Interoperability concept, using Multi Agent / HLA paradigm and the rising notion of Short-Lived Ontology. We give first, a review of Enterprise Interoperability. Then, we recall on Artificial Agent Concept and HLA Standard that appear to be adequate to support execution of the studied concept. Indeed, on the one hand Agent dialogue fits the concept of information exchange in a federated enterprise interoperability approach, on the other hand the HLA standard, initially designed for military M&S purpose, can be transposed for enterprise interoperability at the implementation level, reusing the years of experiences in distributed systems. From these postulates, we propose the first Agent/HLA Short-Lived Ontology framework for distributed enterprise interoperability solution in the federated enterprise approach.

PurposeThe objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of products' characteristics on the performance of three distribution strategies: traditional warehousing (TW), cross-docking pick by line (XDPL) and cross-docking pick by store (XDPS).Design/methodology/approachBased on a case study of an FMCG "Fast Moving Consumer Goods" company and a major French retailer, we empirically analyse the impact of the products' characteristics on the performance of the three distribution strategies. We consider a three-echelon supply chain composed of one supplier DC, one retailer DC and multiple retailer stores. The inventory at each echelon is controlled according to an order-up-to (OUT) level policy. The demand is forecasted by means of a single exponential smoothing method. A sensitivity analysis is also conducted to analyse the impact of the supply chain parameters on the comparative performance of the strategies when the parameters' values deviate from the empirical base case.FindingsThe empirical investigation shows that the use of XDPL results leads to an increase in the supply chain total cost, whereas XDPS reduces the cost. Moreover, we show that for a service-level target, cross-docking strategies should be selected for products with low variability, high shelf space, low value and short lead-time. For an inventory reduction target, these strategies should be selected for products with high demand volume. We also propose a managerial framework for choosing the right strategy for each product.Originality/valueThis paper fills a gap in the literature by presenting empirical results based on a real business case of a multi-echelon supply chain. Both cost and service are used to evaluate the performance of the strategies.Research limitations/implicationsOur work has the limitation to ignore the transportation cost implications when selecting the right distribution strategy. Hence, including such cost in the analysis would constitute an interesting extension of this work. Moreover, our empirical analysis represents a practical rich context that makes the scope for transferability of findings learned from this article substantial. However, for the generalisability of the findings, larger datasets in the retail supply chain would be interesting to consider

International audience ; Many research efforts focus on the definition of models and techniques to simulate and predict the reaction of individuals face to an information. In this context, great benefits could derive from the exploitation of individual's personality and cultural values in the diffusion model process. In this paper we describe a new architecture for agent-based model using the DEVS (Discrete EVent System Specification) framework and show how this architecture is flexible and can serve to simulate the dissemination process. In more details, we define a set of models of individuals characterized by a set of state variables to represent the behavior of an individual and the mesh between the individuals within a multi-layer social network. Then, we introduce the platform architecture, specifically designed to simulate message propagation in a multi-layer network. In the end, a military scenario of message diffusion during a stabilization phase is used to test our DEVS models on the platform and the relevancy of the simulation results.