An agent-based workflow system for enterprise based on FIPA-OS framework

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 393-400

  Yang, Yao Jung ^a   Sung, Tien Wen ^a,b   Wu, Chuni ^a   Chen, Hsiang Yang ^a  

^a HSING KUO UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

FIPA OS; Multi agent system; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT; BUSINESS DESIGN; COLLABORATIVE APPLICATION; FIPA-OS; GENERIC WEB; INTEGRATION MECHANISMS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURING SERVICE; MONITOR AND CONTROL; MULTIAGENT ARCHITECTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS; WORK-FLOW SYSTEMS; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 70349448089     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.05.049     Document Type: Article

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