Multiagent systems with workflows

IEEE Internet Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-82

  Vidal, José M ^a   Buhler, Paul ^b   Stahl, Christian ^c  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS; XML;

SEMANTIC WEB; WEB SERVICE TECHNOLOGY; WORKFLOW AUTOMATION;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 0742303619     PISSN: 10897801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIC.2004.1260707     Document Type: Article

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