Automating support for e-business contracts
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This position paper considers the steps necessary to provide sufficient automation in the support of e-Business contracts for them to become widely used. It focuses on the role of models, taking a model-driven approach to development and discussing the transformational pathways and metamodels needed to support contract-based business processes.
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On τ - , μ - , π - , and ε - Contracting Paul
The use of electronic contracts is emerging as a way to improve the efficiency of contracting processes. Electronic contracts are, however, often used as a direct replacement for traditional paper contracts – which we call shallow e-contracting. Consequently, business processes in general and contracting processes in particular do not change much through the use of electronic contracts. New bus...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Int. J. Cooperative Inf. Syst.
دوره 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005