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In the following chapter a framework is presented that enables nomadic workforce. Mobility of workforce is increasingly important and widespread and requires an appropriate infrastructure for workflow specification and delegation (autonomous behavior), e.g. by combining physical mobility with mobility of software agents. A nomadic computing platform must support distributed asynchronous communication via ephemeral connections.
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Meyer, A.P. (2003). A Mobile Agent Framework for Digital Nomads. In: Ye, Y., Churchill, E. (eds) Agent Supported Cooperative Work. Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9200-0_7
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