Title :
A novel workflow management model based on mobile agents for Internet electronic commerce
Author :
Gang, Wu ; Quanyuan, Wu ; Huaimin, Wang
Author_Institution :
Parallel & Distributed Comput. Nat. Lab., Changsha Inst. of Technol., China
Abstract :
Electronic commerce on the Internet is receiving a lot of attention. Workflow management is regarded as an effective mechanism for managing the business processes behind electronic commerce, but the present workflow management model has many drawbacks in this field. The paper gives a novel workflow management model based on mobile agents for Internet electronic commerce, and its advantages are also presented
Keywords :
Internet; electronic commerce; software agents; workflow management software; Internet electronic commerce; business processes; mobile agents; workflow management model; Application software; Business communication; Business continuity; Companies; Distributed computing; Electronic commerce; Internet; Laboratories; Mobile agents; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems, 2000. TOOLS - Asia 2000. Proceedings. 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0875-8
DOI :
10.1109/TOOLS.2000.885916
