We discuss the problem of accountability when multiple parties cooperate towards an end result,such as multiple companies in a supply chain or departments of a government service under different authorities.In cases w...We discuss the problem of accountability when multiple parties cooperate towards an end result,such as multiple companies in a supply chain or departments of a government service under different authorities.In cases where a fully trusted central point does not exist,it is difficult to obtain a trusted audit trail of a workflow when each individual participant is unaccountable to all others.We propose AudiWFlow,an auditing architecture that makes participants accountable for their contributions in a distributed workflow.Our scheme provides confidentiality in most cases,collusion detection,and availability of evidence after the workflow terminates.AudiWFlow is based on verifiable secret sharing and real-time peer-to-peer verification of records;it further supports multiple levels of assurance to meet a desired trade-off between the availability of evidence and the overhead resulting from the auditing approach.We propose and evaluate two implementation approaches for AudiWFlow.The first one is fully distributed except for a central auxiliary point that,nevertheless,needs only a low level of trust.The second one is based on smart contracts running on a public blockchain,which is able to remove the need for any central point but requires integration with a blockchain.展开更多
With the more intense competition in the worldwide market, the agile virtual enterprise (AVE) will become a new organization form of manufacturing enterprise. To support the new relationship, an agile manufacturing in...With the more intense competition in the worldwide market, the agile virtual enterprise (AVE) will become a new organization form of manufacturing enterprise. To support the new relationship, an agile manufacturing information system (AMIS) is described in this paper which serves to assist the virtual enterprise to manage and control information flow among collaborating partners. Based on the requirement analysis of virtual information system, the architecture, functions, features and execution scheme of AMIS are discussed in detail.展开更多
Dynamic collaboration is a relationship of companies working together for mutual benefit to bring a complementary set of competencies to gain a market opportunity. A mechanism to manage and control information flow ...Dynamic collaboration is a relationship of companies working together for mutual benefit to bring a complementary set of competencies to gain a market opportunity. A mechanism to manage and control information flow among collaborating partners is described in this paper. Analysis of the virtual information system requirements was used to develop an agile manufacturing information system (AMIS) to create, sustain and dissolve a virtual enterprise.展开更多
文摘We discuss the problem of accountability when multiple parties cooperate towards an end result,such as multiple companies in a supply chain or departments of a government service under different authorities.In cases where a fully trusted central point does not exist,it is difficult to obtain a trusted audit trail of a workflow when each individual participant is unaccountable to all others.We propose AudiWFlow,an auditing architecture that makes participants accountable for their contributions in a distributed workflow.Our scheme provides confidentiality in most cases,collusion detection,and availability of evidence after the workflow terminates.AudiWFlow is based on verifiable secret sharing and real-time peer-to-peer verification of records;it further supports multiple levels of assurance to meet a desired trade-off between the availability of evidence and the overhead resulting from the auditing approach.We propose and evaluate two implementation approaches for AudiWFlow.The first one is fully distributed except for a central auxiliary point that,nevertheless,needs only a low level of trust.The second one is based on smart contracts running on a public blockchain,which is able to remove the need for any central point but requires integration with a blockchain.
基金This project was supported by the State High-Tech Development Plan of China.
文摘With the more intense competition in the worldwide market, the agile virtual enterprise (AVE) will become a new organization form of manufacturing enterprise. To support the new relationship, an agile manufacturing information system (AMIS) is described in this paper which serves to assist the virtual enterprise to manage and control information flow among collaborating partners. Based on the requirement analysis of virtual information system, the architecture, functions, features and execution scheme of AMIS are discussed in detail.
基金the State High- Tech Developments Planof China (No. 86 3- 5 11- 96 0 H - 0 0 1)
文摘Dynamic collaboration is a relationship of companies working together for mutual benefit to bring a complementary set of competencies to gain a market opportunity. A mechanism to manage and control information flow among collaborating partners is described in this paper. Analysis of the virtual information system requirements was used to develop an agile manufacturing information system (AMIS) to create, sustain and dissolve a virtual enterprise.
