A new Approach to Collaborative Information Processing in Complex Environmental Management Problems

[摘要] Contemporary environmental management applications of-ten require situation assessment based on the processing of large quan- tities of heterogeneous information and rich domain knowledge. This paper discusses an efficient solution to such processing challenges, which is based on the recently introduced Dynamic Process Integration Frame- work (DPIF), a service oriented approach to collaborative reasoning. The DPIF supports (i) a systematic encapsulation of heterogeneous pro- cesses via software agents and (ii) self configuration mechanisms that automate creation of meaningful workflows implementing complex col- laborative reasoning processes. In addition, the DPIF is supported by novel tools and methods which facilitate construction of service oriented systems using rich domain knowledge while, at the same time, the col- laboration between heterogeneous services requires minimal ontological

[效力级别] 计算机科学