Distributed information services supporting collaborative network management

Abstract

Information retrieval is one of the key processes in the management of collaborative networks (CNs). For large and complex networks manual processes need to be supported by automated retrieval systems. We study the characteristics of information retrieval systems and discuss their applicability in distributed, dynamical, heterogeneous environments, such as CNs. We developed a model of a distributed information retrieval system, and implemented a prototype of distributed information services in the domain of collaborative organizations.