Enterprise Interoperability: Research and Applications in Service-Oriented Ecosystem (Proceedings of the 5th International IFIP Working Conference IWIE 2013) [1 ed.] 9781118847022, 9781118846995

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Interoperability Research for Networked Enterprises Applications and Software

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