This paper describes an Integrated Web Services Brokering System (IWB) to support the automated discovery and application integration of Web Services. In contrast to more static broker approaches that deal with specific data servers, our approach creates a dynamic knowledge base from Web Service interface specifications. This assists with brokering of requests to multiple data providers even wh...

This paper distinguishes the three fundamental business design patterns: control, cooperation and autonomy. Today, most e-Business designs are not balanced, because they over-prioritize control. Balance is achieved when one basic pattern is the top priority, while the other two patterns are not ignored. The paper explains how to use these patterns to create one of three balanced e-Business desi...

Grid Resource Management tools evolved from manual discovery and task submission to sophisticated brokering solutions. User requirements created certain properties that resource managers have learned to support. This development is still continuing, and users already need to stress themselves to distinguish brokers and migrate their applications when they move to a different grid. Moreover, gri...

The Agent-Based Environment for Linking Simulations (ABELS) system is a software framework whose goal is to enable independent simulations and other data resources to exchange information dynamically without prior knowledge of each other. Specifically, it enables the dynamic formation of a “cloud” of simulations and other networked resources such as sensors and databases. This data and simulati...

Understanding structures and processes of virtual communication networks can help to improve knowledge sharing and collaboration in a corporate setting. A widespread research method in that domain is Social Network Analysis. However, SNA only considers a summarized picture of the final structures of virtual community networks. It does not focus the understanding of the actors’ underlying dynami...

Scholars around the world are under increasing pressure to publish their research in the medium of English. However, little empirical research has explored how the global premium of English influences the academic text production of scholars working outside of English-speaking countries. This article draws on a longitudinal text-oriented ethnographic study of psychology scholars in Hungary, Slo...

InfoSleuthis an agent-based system for information discovery and retrieval in a dynamic, open environment. This paper discusses InfoSleuth's multibroker design and implementation. InfoSleuth's brokering function combines reasoning over both the syntax and semantics of agents in the domain. The broker must reason over explicitly advertised information about agent capabilities to determine which ...

OBJECTIVES A Knowledge Broker is one approach for facilitating the integration of evidence-informed decision making in public health practice. In this paper, the findings from two studies investigating a Knowledge Broker intervention as a means of enhancing capacity for evidence-informed decision making are presented. Contextual factors that facilitate this strategy are also identified. STUDY...