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AWA — Eine Architektur eines agentenbasierten Workflow-Systems

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Information Age Economy

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Workflow-Systeme bieten die Möglichkeit Geschäftsprozesse zu automatisieren. Allerdings leiden heutige Systeme unter mangelnder Skalierbarkeit und unzureichender Flexibilität. Seit kurzem wird versucht Agenten in Workflow-Umgebungen einzusetzen. Besonders Mobilität und Autonomie sind dabei erfolgversprechende Eigenschaften von Agenten. Der vorliegende Artikel gibt zunächst eine Einführung in die Workflow-und Agententechnologie und stellt dann eine neuartige Architektur eines agentenbasierten Workflow-Systems aufbauend auf vier Agententypen vor. Ein Beispiel eines Geschäftsprozesses illustriert die unterschiedlichen Agententypen.

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Stormer, H., Knorr, K. (2001). AWA — Eine Architektur eines agentenbasierten Workflow-Systems. In: Buhl, H.U., Huther, A., Reitwiesner, B. (eds) Information Age Economy. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57547-1_14

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