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Title: Adaptive Workflow = Web Services + Agents
Author: Paul Buhler, José M. Vidal, and Harko Verhagen
Book Tittle: Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Services
Pages: 131--137
Publisher: CSREA Press
Year: 2003
Abstract: Workflow management systems exactly enact business processes described in a process description language. Unfortunately, such strict adherence to the prescribed workflow makes it impossible for the system to adapt to unforeseen circumstances. In this paper we propose that workflow description languages and their associated design tools can be used to specify a multiagent system. Specifically, we advance the idea that the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services can be used as a specification language for expressing the initial social order of a multiagent system, which can then intelligently adapt to changing environmental conditions.

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  author = 	 {Paul Buhler and Jos\'{e} M. Vidal and Harko Verhagen},
  title = 	 {Adaptive Workflow = Web Services + Agents},
  booktitle = 	 {Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Services},
  year =	 2003,
  publisher = 	 {CSREA Press},
  pages = 	 {131--137},
  abstract = 	 {Workflow management systems exactly enact business
                  processes described in a process description
                  language. Unfortunately, such strict adherence to
                  the prescribed workflow makes it impossible for the
                  system to adapt to unforeseen circumstances. In this
                  paper we propose that workflow description languages
                  and their associated design tools can be used to
                  specify a multiagent system. Specifically, we
                  advance the idea that the Business Process Execution
                  Language for Web Services can be used as a
                  specification language for expressing the initial
                  social order of a multiagent system, which can then
                  intelligently adapt to changing environmental
                  conditions.},
  url = 	 {http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/papers/buhler03c.pdf},
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  keywords = 	 {multiagent workflow},
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}
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