Agent-based workflow management systems (WfMSs) |
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Authors: | Lars Ehrler Martin Fleurke Maryam Purvis Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Information Science, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand 2. Fakult?t Informatik, Technische Universit?t, Dresden, Germany 3. Department of Computer Science, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Abstract: | Workflow management systems (WfMSs) based on agent technology can cope with the rapidly evolving business environment better
than most other systems as they are more flexible and open. In this paper we describe a possible architecture of such a system
by means of our prototype WfMS called JBees. The combination of collaborating agents and the Coloured Petri Net (CPN)-formalism
in JBees enables a flexible and adaptive system with the possibility of simulation, analysis, and monitoring of the process
execution in order to identify potential inconsistencies and to provide appropriate information to the workflow administrator
for the purpose of the process improvement. |
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Keywords: | Workflow management system Adaptability Software agents Workflow monitoring Coloured Petri nets |
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