InDiA: A framework for workflow interoperability support by means of multi-agent systems

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 825-839

  Biegus, Lukasz ^a   Branki, Cherif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agents; Dialogue; Interoperability; Workflow

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEROPERABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

AUTONOMIC COMPUTING; CROSS-ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES; DIALOGUE; SELF HEALING; WORKFLOWS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 9944262925     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2004.08.032     Document Type: Article

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