A novel approach toward integration of rules into business processes using an agent-oriented framework

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 145-154

  Ali, Saqib ^b   Soh, Ben ^a,b   Torabi, Torab ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agent; Agent oriented framework; Business processes (BPs); Business rules (BRs); Component based development; Integration; Process automation

Indexed keywords

AGENT-ORIENTED FRAMEWORK; BUSINESS PROCESSES (BP); BUSINESS RULES (BR); COMPONENT-BASED DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS AUTOMATION;

INTEGRATION; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 33747433397     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2006.877264     Document Type: Article

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