Title :
Research on workflow management system of carpet-weaving company based on multi-agents
Author :
Shi, Dongping ; Gong, Peng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Shandong Univ., China
Abstract :
At present most workflow management systems manage workflows independently, but ignoring resource constraints and cooperation between them. In allusion to the characteristic of workflow management of carpet-weaving companies, This work puts forward a workflow management system based on multiagents. It can solve the problem effectively. The paper mainly discusses issues on how to construct the workflow management system of carpet-weaving companies, including functions of each agent, the model of the agents, the organization of the agents and communication between agents.
Keywords :
carpets; multi-agent systems; textile industry; weaving; workflow management software; agent communication; agent functions; agent models; agent organization; carpet-weaving company; multiagents; workflow management system; Companies; Computer applications; Computer science; Contracts; Intelligent agent; Marketing and sales; Multiagent systems; Production; Resource management; Workflow management software;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2004. Proceedings. The 8th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7941-1
DOI :
10.1109/CACWD.2004.1349201
