Advances in Enterprise Control. AEC Proceedings, November 15-16, 1999/San Diego, California
Abstract
This document contains copies of 33 papers prepared for and presented at the November 1999 DARPA JFACC Symposium on Advances in Enterprise Control. The purpose of the Symposium was to bring together researchers and practitioners from industry, government and academia to present and discuss the latest developments in all aspects of enterprise control. The Symposium presented papers that (a) describe the results of original research on the topics of interest, (b) provide broad reviews of the state-of-the-art, and (c) propose and advocate new research directions. Also presented were papers that describe significant practical experiences with current enterprise control systems: complex dynamic phenomena, non-obvious successes and failures, requirements and unmet needs. The modern enterprise is a large-scale dynamic system with broadly distributed and potentially conflicting goals, resources and constraints, with multiple semi-autonomous participants of both human and artificial nature (e.g., large military operations, financial/trading institutions, logistics systems, manufacturing plants, power grids). The increasing capabilities of technology to collect, automatically generate, and disseminate information offer the possibility for large-scale enterprises to be more responsive to change. Enterprise plans and orders quickly become obsolete as new information about the current situation becomes available. The challenge is to use real-time information to re-direct enterprise operations effectively. Such systems and challenges define the scope of the Symposium.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 16, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA373117
Entities
Organizations
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency