ADEPT: an agent-based approach to business process management
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Jennings, NR
Norman, TJ
Faratin, P
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Successful companies organise and run their business activities in an efficient manner. Core activities are completed on time and within specified resource constraints. However to stay competitive in todays markets, companies need to continually improve their efficiency - business activities need to be completed more quickly, to higher quality and at lower cost. To this end, there is an increasing awareness of the benefits and potential competitive advantage that well designed business process management systems can provide. In this paper we argue the case for an agent-based approach: showing how agent technology can improve efficiency by ensuring that business activities are better scheduled, executed, monitored, and coordinated.
Date Issued
1998-12-01
Date Acceptance
1998-12-01
Citation
Sigmod Record, 1998, 27 (4), pp.32-39
ISSN
0163-5808
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Start Page
32
End Page
39
Journal / Book Title
Sigmod Record
Volume
27
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© ACM, 1998. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in SIGMOD Record, Vol. 27, No. 4, 1998: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/306101.306112
Subjects
Information Systems
Publication Status
Published