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The overall goal of the research is to address the problems in traditional workflow management systems by developing a distributed and adaptable workflow management system. This paper discusses the research objectives and the work that has been carried out in the development of a workflow management system, JBees, which uses agent-based infrastructure as the building block. We also outline the work under progress and our future plans on enhancing our workflow system.
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Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Purvis, M., Purvis, M., Cranefield, S. (2005). An Agent-Enhanced Workflow Management System. In: Khosla, R., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems. KES 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3684. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11554028_31
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