Abstract

ProACT™: Process-aware Zero Latency System
for Distributed, Collaborative Enterprises

Azad M. Madni, Ph.D. and Carla Conaway Madni
Intelligent Systems Technology, Inc.

John Salasin, Ph.D.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Abstract

Enterprise integration technologies such as XML, publish-subscribe, and message brokers have made it possible for distributed enterprises to exchange information in a consistent, standardized way. However, these technologies do not address how to effectively integrate humans within distributed, collaborative enterprises nor do they specifically address how to minimize latencies in collaborative enterprises.

This paper presents ProACT™, a process-aware collaborative system for integrating distributed collaborative enterprises at the functional/task level. ProACT exploits knowledge and awareness of planning/process execution status to eliminate/reduce information latencies in the distributed enterprise. ProACT employs a variety of process-enabled, zero latency strategies such as optimal information caching, information prefetching, message prioritization in a bandwidth-limited network, optimum database partitioning, and information replication to achieve the near-instantaneous awareness goals of the enterprise.

From:

Madni, A.M., Madni, C.C., and Salasin, J., Proceedings of Twelfth Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Las Vegas, Nevada, 28 July - 1 August 2002.