BPEL4WS

We describe workflows and the workflow language BPEL4WS. We study the possibility of using workflows in multiagent enactment.

• Andrews et. al. Business Process Execution Language for Web Services Version 1.1. 2003.
• José M. Vidal, Paul Buhler, and Christian Stahl. Multiagent Systems with Workflows. IEEE Internet Computing, January/February; 8(1):76--82, 2004.

1. 1 Workflows
   1. 1.1 Why Workflows?
2. 2 BPEL4WS
3. 3 BPEL4WS Language Structure
   1. 3.1 PO Example
   2. 3.2 General Structure
   3. 3.3 Receive
   4. 3.4 Reply
   5. 3.5 Invoke
   6. 3.6 Assign
   7. 3.7 Throw
   8. 3.8 Wait
   9. 3.9 Empty
   10. 3.10 Sequence
   11. 3.11 Switch
   12. 3.12 While
   13. 3.13 Pick
   14. 3.14 Flow
   15. 3.15 Scope
   16. 3.16 Compensate
4. 4 Process Instances
5. 5 PartnerLinkType
6. 6 Properties
7. 7 Variables
8. 8 CorrelationSets
9. 9 Links
10. 10 Loan Approval Example
11. 11 Adaptive Multiagent Enactment of Workflows

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23 November 2006, 12:07PM