International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems (IJCIS)

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems (IJCIS)

http://ejournals.wspc.com.sg/ijcis/ijcis.shtml

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co.

The paradigm for the next generation of information systems (ISs) will 
involve large numbers of ISs distributed over large, complex 
computer/communication networks. Such ISs will manage or have access to 
large amounts of information and computing services and will 
interoperate as required. These support individual or collaborative 
human work. Communication among component systems will be done using 
protocols that range from conventional ones to those based on 
distributed AI. We call such next generation ISs Cooperative Information 
Systems (CIS).

The International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems (IJCIS) 
addresses the intricacies of cooperative work in the framework of 
distributed interoperable information systems. It provides a forum for 
the presentation and dissemination of research covering all aspects of 
CIS design, requirements, functionality, implementation, deployment, and 
evolution.

IJCIS will publish papers describing original ideas and new results, on 
topics that include, but are not limited to:

     * CIS Principles - cooperation, intelligence, autonomy.
     * Architectures and communication protocols for CIS - open 
architectures, blackboard systems, multiagent planning frameworks, 
speech acts, advanced information services in support of interoperability.
     * Information Agents - models and organisations, application of 
information agent technology in virtual laboratories, concurrent 
engineering and other groupware frameworks.
     * Large-Scale Knowledge Bases for CIS-sharing and reuse of 
worldwide knowledge, knowledge of knowledge structures, trends and 
applications in this area.
     * Core Technology for CIS - open distributed computing 
architectures, type systems, object models and advanced transaction 
models for interoperability, advanced query models and languages, active 
databases.
     * Theoretical Frameworks and Formal Methods for CIS - knowledge 
management, view management, high-level communication protocols, 
workflows, flexible transactions, negotiation and information agents.
     * CIS Implementation Techniques - programming languages for CISs, 
interoperability issues in distributed heterogeneous information bases, 
multi-database transaction scheduling and execution, rule bases.
     * Integration Challenges - interoperability, multiple paradigms, 
forms of transparency, object and transaction model integration, global 
information (e.g., schemas, directories, repositories), semantic 
interoperability, negotiation, optimisation (e.g., queries, indexing, ...).
     * Information Modelling and Reasoning techniques for CISs - 
multiple perspective representations, non-deductive forms of inference 
(inductive, analogical, case-based, ...), multiagent planning and 
problem solving.
     * Advanced CIS Programming - workflows, transactions, information 
requests, policy/rule-driven systems, mega-programming, multiple 
programming paradigms.
     * Information Engineering for CIS - information acquisition, 
classification and retrieval techniques and tools, information sharing 
and management.
     * CIS Evolution - concepts, tools, and techniques for CIS design, 
development, and maintenance.
     * Re-Engineering - concepts, tools, and methodologies; 
re-engineering legacy and new information systems into CISs.
     * Business Process Management Systems: Architectures, Concepts, 
Technology (e.g. analysis, modelling, reengineering and evaluation and 
business processes).

ISSN: 0218-8430

Editors-in-Chief:

M P Papazoglou
Tilburg University
INFOLAB, Room B304
P O Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands

Email: mikep@kub.nl
Fax: +31-13-466-3069

Gunter Schlageter
University of Hagen (Fern Universität)
Postfach 940
D58084 Hagen
GERMANY

Email: gunter.schlageter@fernuni-hagen.de
Fax: +49-2331-987314

Content available by subscription. Sample issue available online.

Abstracts available online. Articles available in PDF format.

Current Issue: Vol. 14, No. 1 (March 2005)

Date: 25 April 2005