TY - GEN
T1 - Digital ecosystems
T2 - International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems, MEDES 2012
AU - Li, Wenbin
AU - Badr, Youakim
AU - Biennier, Frédérique
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Mimicking biological ecosystems, digital ecosystems refer to complex and interdependent systems and their underlying infrastructures by which all constituents interact and exhibit as a whole self-organizing, scalable and sustainable behaviors. This emerging topic is of great interest to scholars. Nevertheless, we observe a divergence of opinions and a disagreement about what Digital Ecosystems are, how they are designed, and what their applications should be. In this paper, we present an overall view of the concept of Digital Ecosystem and provide background for a common understanding. Firstly, we identify four factors that have lead to the emergence of Digital Ecosystems and present their definitions, characteristics and categories. Secondly, we discuss models and simulation tools to show current achievements and limitations. Finally, we illustrate the main challenges and shed light on further work in the field of Digital Ecosystems.
AB - Mimicking biological ecosystems, digital ecosystems refer to complex and interdependent systems and their underlying infrastructures by which all constituents interact and exhibit as a whole self-organizing, scalable and sustainable behaviors. This emerging topic is of great interest to scholars. Nevertheless, we observe a divergence of opinions and a disagreement about what Digital Ecosystems are, how they are designed, and what their applications should be. In this paper, we present an overall view of the concept of Digital Ecosystem and provide background for a common understanding. Firstly, we identify four factors that have lead to the emergence of Digital Ecosystems and present their definitions, characteristics and categories. Secondly, we discuss models and simulation tools to show current achievements and limitations. Finally, we illustrate the main challenges and shed light on further work in the field of Digital Ecosystems.
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U2 - 10.1145/2457276.2457297
DO - 10.1145/2457276.2457297
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84875980151
SN - 9781450317559
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems, MEDES 2012
SP - 117
EP - 122
BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems, MEDES 2012
Y2 - 28 October 2012 through 31 October 2012
ER -