Dynamic workflow composition using Markov decision processes

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Web Services

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 576-582

  Doshi, Prashant ^a   Goodwin, Richard ^b   Akkiraju, Rama ^b   Verma, Kunal ^c  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Univ of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS INTEGRATION; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES (MDP); WEB SERVICES; BUSINESS PROCESS INTEGRATION AND MANAGEMENT (BPIM); WORKFLOW COMPOSITION;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FORMAL LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

WORLD WIDE WEB; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 4544330540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICWS.2004.1314784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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