An extensible architecture for environmental scanning from web sources Online publication date: Sun, 26-Dec-2010
by Hercules Antonio Do Prado, Edilson Ferneda, Andre Ribeiro Magalhaes, Eduardo Amadeu Dutra Moresi
International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems (IJRIS), Vol. 3, No. 1, 2011
Abstract: Most organisations respond to internal and external challenges with different degrees of effectiveness. One of their biggest challenges is the ability to identify and respond appropriately to changes in their external environments. How effective are the organisational responses depend on the scope, timeliness and quality of the information available. However, such attributes depend not only from the quality of the sources accessed but also from the availability of tools for information extraction in timeliness and with adequate presentation. Considering the web one of the most comprehensive sources of information currently available, it is proposed in this paper an extensible software architecture for the instantiation of web monitoring tools. Such architecture includes generic classes that allow its permanent extensibility, according to the necessity of including new functionalities. A prototype is presented and a case study is described to illustrate its applicability.
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