Agent-Based Systems in the Business Context
Papers from the AAAI Workshop
Brian Drabble and Peter Jarvis, Program Cochairs
Technical Report WS-99-02 published by The AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California
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Contents
Component Based Task Models for Agent Coordination / 1
Brian Drabble
Intelligent Agent-Oriented Systems for Integrated, Online Planning, Scheduling and Control of Manufacturing and Distribution Systems / 11
Kutluhan Erol and Bob Kohout
A Workflow Management System for Coordinating Distributed Information-Based Business Processes / 12
Diogo Ferreira and J. J. Pinto Ferreira
From Formal Workflow Models to Intelligent Agents / 19
Markus Hannebauer
Exploiting AI Technologies to Realise Adaptive Workflow Systems / 25
Peter Jarvis, Jonathan Moore, Jussi Stader, Ann Macintosh, Andrew Casson-du Mont, and Paul Chung
Realizing Real Commercial Benefit from Workflow: A Report from the Trenches / 35
Terri Lydiard, Peter Jarvis, and Brian Drabble
At the Boundary of Workflow and AI / 41
Karen L. Myers and Pauline M. Berry
An Agent Federation for Supply Chain Integration / 50
Mark E. Nissen
Agent Computing, KB For Intelligent Forecasting, and Model Discovery for Knowledge Management / 56
Cyrus F. Nourani
Technologies for Intelligent Workflows: Experiences and Lessons / 63
B. R. Odgers, S. G. Thompson, J. W. Shepherdson, Z. Cui, D. Judge and P. D. O'Brien
Workflow Management from a Scheduling Perspective / 68
Stephen F. Smith, David W. Hildrum, and Marcel A. Becker
O-P3: Supporting the Planning Process using Open Planning Process Panels / 73
Austin Tate, John Levine, Jeff Dalton, and Stuart Aitken
Agents for Sales Automation / 81
Sermet Yucel
Support for Project Planning by an Agent-Based System: A Position Statement / 86
Markus Zanker
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