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This paper proposes an Accounting Management architecture, based on TINA principles. Accounting management is defined and positioned in the service provision chain. A relevant computational architecture is proposed and some of the involved computational entities are modeled as agents. A discussion follows on the merits of introducing agents to cater for certain accounting management activities. The ACTS AC325 MONTAGE project provides the main source of the presented work and results.
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Zygourakis, K., Prevedourou, D., Stamoulis, G. (2000). Accounting Architecture Involving Agent Capabilities. In: Delgado, J., Stamoulis, G.D., Mullery, A., Prevedourou, D., Start, K. (eds) Telecommunications and IT Convergence Towards Service E-volution. IS&N 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1774. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46525-1_16
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