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e3service: An ontology for needs-driven real-world service bundling in a multi-supplier setting
Author(s) -
Sybren de Kinderen,
Pieter De Leenheer,
Jaap Gordijn,
Hans Akkermans,
RoseMarie Dröes,
Franka Meiland
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
applied ontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1875-8533
pISSN - 1570-5838
DOI - 10.3233/ao-130127
Subject(s) - computer science , ontology , service (business) , process management , business , marketing , epistemology , philosophy
Businesses increasingly offer their services electronically via the Web. Take for example an Internet Service Provider. An ISP offers a variety of services, including raw bandwidth, IP connectivity, and Domain Name resolution. Although in some cases a single service already satisfies a customer need, in many situations a customer need is so complex that a bundle of services is needed to satisfy the need, as with the ISP example. In principle, each service in a bundle can be provisioned by a different supplier. This paper proposes an ontology,

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