2008 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Overview
Published in: Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling
Publisher: Springer US
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The area of collaborative networks is already extended over two decades of research and development since the first results on virtual enterprises were published. A large number of research projects and pilot applications contributed to the worldwide establishment of the area since then, generating a vast amount of concepts, mechanisms, models, systems, approaches, etc. In order to facilitate its smooth progress, it is necessary to invest on a theoretical foundation that gives a solid basis for further developments.