Title :
Application of agents in workflow management system
Author :
Hongchen, Li ; Meilin, Shi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
At present most workflow management systems independently manage workflows but ignore the resource constraint between them. A workflow management system based on agents can solve this problem effectively. This paper mainly discusses issues on workflow management based on agents including the configuration of the workflow system, dynamic scheduling of workflows, multi-agent system organization and communication.
Keywords :
groupware; multi-agent systems; scheduling; workflow management software; CSCW; agents; computer supported cooperative work; dynamic scheduling; multi-agent system organization; resource constraint; workflow management system; Business process re-engineering; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computer integrated manufacturing; Intelligent systems; Management information systems; Multiagent systems; Resource management; Scheduling; Workflow management software;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
7-5635-0402-8
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.820448
