Title :
WHAM: supporting mobile workforce and applications in workflow environments
Author :
Jin Jeng ; Huff, Karen ; Hurwitz, Ben ; Sinha, Himanshu ; Robinson, Bill ; Feblowitz, Mark
Author_Institution :
GTE Labs. Inc., Waltham, MA, USA
Abstract :
We have prototyped a system called WHAM (Workflow enHAncements for Mobility) to support a mobile workforce and applications in workflow environments. The goal of WHAM is to effectively handle the constraints of network connectivity and the mobility of workflow resources for workflow applications. In this paper, we describe the design and architecture of WHAM. We also describe the mobile resource management approach introduced in WHAM to support the adaptability and scalability of resource management for location-dependent activities
Keywords :
mobile computing; personnel; resource allocation; workflow management software; WHAM; Workflow Enhancements for Mobility; adaptability; location-dependent activities; mobile applications; mobile resource management; mobile workforce support; network connectivity constraints; prototyping; scalability; system architecture; system design; workflow environments; workflow resource mobility; Automation; Business; Databases; Handheld computers; Load management; Marketing and sales; Personal digital assistants; Portable computers; Prototypes; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Research Issues in Data Engineering, 2000. RIDE 2000. Proceedings. Tenth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0531-7
DOI :
10.1109/RIDE.2000.836497
