A scale-free business network for digital ecosystems

Author

Razavi, Amir R. ; Moschoyiannis, Sotiris K. ; Krause, Paul J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford

fYear

2008

fDate

26-29 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

241

Lastpage

246

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to facilitate e-business transactions between small and medium enterprises (SMEs), in a way that respects their local autonomy, within a digital ecosystem. For this purpose, we distinguish transactions from services (and service providers) by considering virtual private transaction networks (VPTNs) and virtual service networks (VSNs). These two virtual levels are optimised individually and in respect to each other. The effect of one on the other, can supply us with stability, failure resistance and small-world characteristics on one hand and durability, consistency and sustainability on the other hand. The proposed network design has a dynamic topology that adapts itself to changes in business models and availability of SMEs, and reflects the highly dynamic nature of a digital ecosystem.

Keywords

business data processing; small-to-medium enterprises; telecommunication network topology; virtual private networks; digital ecosystems; dynamic topology; e-business transactions; failure resistance; local autonomy; network design; scale-free business network; small and medium enterprises; small-world characteristics; virtual private transaction networks; virtual service networks; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Computer networks; Ecosystems; Electronic mail; Network topology; Next generation networking; Physics computing; Quality of service; Telecommunication network topology; Business Transaction; Digital Ecosystem; Scale-free network; Virtual Private Transaction Network; Virtual Service Network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, 2008. DEST 2008. 2nd IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Phitsanulok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1489-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1490-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEST.2008.4635166

Filename

4635166