Integrating AI planning techniques with workflow management system

There is a variety of applications that can benefit from the ability to find optimal or good solutions to a proposed problem automatically. The Artificial Intelligent (AI) community has been actively involved in efficient problem-solving in complex domains such as military or spacecraft problems with successful results. In this paper we describe the integration of AI planning techniques with an existing Workflow Management System. We show how these techniques can improve overall system functionality and can help to automate the definition of business processes. The work is based on a short study carried out at BT Research Laboratories as part of a larger programme that aims to provide technologies for a new generation of business support systems. Keyword: AI planning, Workflow Systems

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: KBS
• Authors: María Dolores Rodríguez-Moreno, Paul Kearney
• Keywords: BT Research Laboratories, Complex Domains, KBS 2002, Workflow Management System