Mobile agent based automation of distributed workflow processes

Author

Flores-Badillo, Marina ; López-Mellado, Ernesto

Author_Institution

CINVESTAV Unidad Guadalajara, Zapopan

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 June 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Distributed workflow processes automation is addressed using a multi mobile agent system based approach. A method for the specification and development of workflow processes controllers is proposed; it is based on the idea that a mobile agent executes the tasks of a process through the system. First the system architecture and workflow requirements are modeled using a multi-level Petri net based formalism; then mobile-agent software is developed from the model yielding interactive components handling concurrently multiple workflow cases.

Keywords

Petri nets; business data processing; mobile agents; multi-agent systems; workflow management software; distributed workflow processes; interactive components handling; mobile agent based automation; mobile-agent software; multilevel Petri net based formalism; multimobile agent system; workflow processes controllers; Automatic control; Automation; Computer architecture; Control systems; Logistics; Mobile agents; Petri nets; Process control; Resource management; Technology management; Mobile Agents; Multi-Level Petri Nets; Workflow Automation; Workflow Modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System of Systems Engineering, 2008. SoSE '08. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2172-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2173-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SYSOSE.2008.4724185

Filename

4724185