Title :
An Agent-Based Workflow System for Assisting in IC Design
Author :
Fang, Guo-Ming ; Lin, Jim-Min ; Hong, Zeng-Wei ; Chen, De-Sheng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Feng Chia Univ., Taichung, Taiwan
Abstract :
A workflow management system is used to provide the automation and reengineering of a process. In an IC design cycle, several software tools are used to support different activities. These tools may be distributed on separate computers. An agent-based workflow management system is proposed in this paper to integrate these tools by using a scripting language. Relevant distributed software tools in agencies are managed by local agents to provide needed services. Mobile agents are used to access these services by following the proposed scripts.
Keywords :
authoring languages; circuit CAD; mobile agents; software tools; workflow management software; IC design; agent-based workflow management system; distributed software tool; electronic design automation; mobile agent; process automation; process reengineering; scripting language; Automatic control; Computational modeling; Computer science; Data engineering; Design engineering; Distributed computing; Electronic design automation and methodology; Mobile agents; Software tools; Workflow management software; IC design; agent system; script; workflow;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Information and Database Systems, 2009. ACIIDS 2009. First Asian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dong Hoi
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3580-7
DOI :
10.1109/ACIIDS.2009.12
