Ravi Kalakota

Using client-broker-server architecture for Intranet decision support

Abstract Electronic commerce is emerging as a key enabler in changing the way companies do business. This paper focuses on the aspects of electronic commerce that are pertinent to Intranet decision support and tries to develop the theory and technical requirements that will drive the implementation of such a decision support system. The main objective is to achieve information integration using the brokers, World Wide Web, and structured documents. The implementation of a prototype system is described and results from its usage are presented.

Mobile agents and mobile workers

The goal of the paper is to explore the emerging research issues in the nexus of mobile computing and organizational work.

The role of complexity in object-oriented systems development

The authors discuss the underlying principles of the object-oriented paradigm and their impact on software complexity. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of object-oriented methodology it is important to understand and evaluate its impact on software quality and programmer productivity. The authors propose a model where the impact of software complexity on abstract constructs such as software quality and productivity can be studied in object-oriented software development. It is concluded that the underlying concepts of object-oriented computing are sound and reduce complexity if applied correctly.<<ETX>>