Preliminary evaluation of business to business electronic commerce by using qualitative simulation and scenario generation

Author

Komiya, Fumio ; Kusuzaki, Tebuo ; Soga, Shuji ; Ohtani, Kentaro ; Sushima, Isao T. ; Hiramatsu, Ayako

Author_Institution

Bus. & Inf. Syst. Dev. Div., Hitachi Ltd., Yokohama, Japan

Volume

5

fYear

1998

fDate

11-14 Oct 1998

Firstpage

4763

Abstract

A scenario generator for qualitative simulation systems has been developed for explaining the influence flow to the concerned node in the structural model. The paper presents the method through which companies evaluate business to business electronic commerce (e-commerce) systems by using the scenario generator. The method consists of the following processes: the adjustment of the structural model to specific companies; the qualitative simulation and the scenario generation of the new systems; and the evaluation of the scenario. This method will be useful for companies to evaluate e-commerce systems

Keywords

business communication; corporate modelling; electronic commerce; investment; business to business electronic commerce; e-commerce; qualitative simulation; scenario generation; structural model; Business; Companies; Costs; Electronic commerce; Information systems; Investments; Modeling; Productivity; Supply chains; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1998. 1998 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4778-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1998.727605

Filename

727605