Agent-based workflow approach to the design and development of cross-enterprise information systems

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2633-2638

  Xu, Qi ^a   Qiu, Robin ^b   Xu, Fuyuan ^c  

^a NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coordination; Multi agents; Supply chain management; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

COORDINATION ACROSS ENTERPRISES; CROSS ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW AUTOMATION;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0242637611     PISSN: 08843627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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