ATAL
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2007
Springer
From a multiagent viewpoint, a workflow is a dynamic set of tasks performed by a set of agents to reach a shared goal. We show herein that commitments among agents can be used to ...
ICDT
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1997
ACM
This paper provides a formal foundation for distributed workfiow executions. The state chart formalism is adapted to the needs of a workflow model in order to establish a basis for...
SAC
1998
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1998
ACM
This paper presents a workflow specification language developed in the WIDE project. The language provides a rich organisation model, an information model including presentation d...
SSDBM
1998
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
1998
IEEE
In several working environments, production involves repeated executions of certain procedures. A workflow describes the individual tasks performed in these procedures and their i...
ACSD
1998
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
1998
IEEE
Today's corporations often must operate across organizational boundaries. Phenomena such as electronic commerce, extended enterprises, and the Internet stimulate cooperation ...
RIDE
1999
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
1999
IEEE
Electronic Commerce is expanding from the simple notion of Electronic Store to the notion of Virtual Enterprises (VE) where existing enterprises dynamically form temporary allianc...
RIDE
1999
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
1999
IEEE
Workflow systems are an emerging technology which have become increasingly important in the drive for business to provide better services and increase productivity. Intuitively, w...
HICSS
1999
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
1999
IEEE
Though the activities of business organizations in the field of workflow management are facing an enormous growth, a methodical solution for an essential problem occurring in many...
DEXAW
1999
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
1999
IEEE
The Workflow Management System AltaVista Works has been extended to be able to process workflows in a distributed, partly even parallel manner. Build-time data are replicated over...
ACSAC
1999
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
1999
IEEE
Workflow systems provide automated support that enables organizations to efficiently and reliably move important data through their routine business processes. For some organizati...