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5.4.1 ProACT™: Process‐aware Zero Latency System for Distributed, Collaborative Enterprises
Author(s) -
Madni Azad M.,
Madni Carla C.,
Salasin John
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2002.tb02539.x
Subject(s) - computer science , latency (audio) , xml , process (computing) , distributed computing , exploit , replication (statistics) , collaborative network , database , knowledge management , world wide web , operating system , computer security , telecommunications , statistics , mathematics
Enterprise integration technologies such as XML, publish‐subscribe, and message brokers have made it possible for distributed enterprises to exchange information in a consistent, standardized way. However, these technologies do not address how to effectively integrate humans within distributed, collaborative enterprises nor do they specifically address how to minimize latencies in collaborative enterprises. This paper presents ProACT™, a process‐aware collaborative system for integrating distributed collaborative enterprises at the functional/task level. ProACT exploits knowledge and awareness of planning/process execution status to eliminate/reduce information latencies in the distributed enterprise. ProACT employs a variety of process‐enabled, zero latency strategies such as optimal information caching, information prefetching, message prioritization in a bandwidth‐limited network, optimum database partitioning, and information replication to achieve the near‐instantaneous awareness goals of the enterprise.