Integration of workflow and agent technology for business process management

Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 420-426

  Yan, Yuhong ^a   Maamar, Zakaria ^b   Shen, Weiming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036990066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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