An agent-based Web service workflow model for inter-enterprise collaboration

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 787-799

  Wang, Shuying ^a   Shen, Weiming ^a   Hao, Qi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enterprise collaboration; Software agents; Virtual enterprise; Web services; Workflow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE; WEB SERVICE; WORKFLOW;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 33746103274     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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