Competitive markets in supply chains choose not to share their inventory, backlog, and revenue costs and hence global information is not available. In this paper, we propose a new framework for supply chain management based on trusted mediator agents. A mediator agent places an order on behalf of its customer to a corresponding supplier. The agents use local information and apply adaptive heuri...

In this paper we present a system for data integration on the web, where an XML-based mediator plays a key role providing a homogeneous view of different data sources. One novelty of our approach is that we also propose solutions for the problems of generation and maintenance of mediators. Observe that, in dynamic environments, such as the Web, individual data sources may change not only their ...

background:  new discoveries about the pathophysiology changed the concept that all forms of osteoarthritis are alike; this lead to the delineation of different phenotypes such as age, trauma or obese related forms. we aim to compare soluble mediator profiles in primary knee and posttraumatic wrist osteoarthritis. based on the general faster progression rate of wrist osteoarthritis, we hypothes...