Distributed workflow enactment: An agent-based framework

CEUR Workshop Proceedings

Volumn 204, Issue , 2006, Pages 110-117

  Fortino, Giancarlo ^a   Garro, Alfredo ^a   Russo, Wilma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based applications; Distributed workflow enactment; Multi agent systems; Workflow patterns

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; AGENT-BASED APPLICATIONS; AGENT-BASED FRAMEWORK; DISTRIBUTED WORKFLOW; HIERARCHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; WORKFLOW ENACTMENT ENGINE; WORKFLOW ENGINES; WORKFLOW EXECUTION; WORKFLOW PATTERNS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84868632915     PISSN: 16130073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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