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An Approach to Efficient Waste Management for SMEs via RBVOs
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Author(s): Stamatia-Ann Katriou (ALTEC S.A., Greece), Ioannis Ignatiadis (Kingston University, UK), Garyfallos Fragidis (Technological Educational Institute of Serres, Greece), Evangelos Tolias (ALTEC S.A., Greece)and Adamantios Koumpis (ALTEC S.A., Greece)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 21
Source title:
E-Business Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs: Driving Competitiveness
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal)and João Varajão (University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-880-3.ch015
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Abstract
Businesses are aware of the popular demand for careful waste management as a high priority environmental issue. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) face greater pressure when coping with waste products, because they often lack necessary resources or expertise. E-business could offer unique opportunities both for SMEs wanting to dispose of their waste or find waste management services and for SMEs who deal with specific aspects of waste disposal itself. This chapter proposes an approach for locating actors involved in the transportation, disposal, recycling and reuse of waste created by SMEs. Our approach incorporates the notion of Request Based Virtual Organizations (RBVOs) using a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and an ontology for the definition of waste management requirements. The populated ontology is utilized by a Multi-Agent System which performs negotiations and forms RBVOs. This approach enables SMEs to find appropriate partners, handle waste management and gain competitive advantage in the marketplace.
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