Abstract. We discuss a case study for the hospital scenario where workflow model components are distributed across various computers or devices (e.g. mobile phones, PDAs, sensors, ...
In this paper, we study the problem of achieving efficient interaction in a distributed scheduling system whose scheduling agents may borrow resources from one another. Specifical...
Daniel E. Neiman, David W. Hildum, Victor R. Lesse...
Abstract. In current dynamic business environment, it has been argued that certain characteristics of ad-hocism in business processes are desirable. Such business processes typical...
Abstract. While a large body of research exists on the development and implementation of software, organizations are increasingly acquiring enterprise software packages [e.g. enter...
Research on agent communication languages has typically taken the speech acts paradigm as its starting point. Despite their manifest attractions, speech-act models of communicatio...