An approach to Inter-Organizational workflow management in an electronic institution

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2006

Authors

Henrique Lopes Cardoso (Author) FEUP; Paulo Leitão (Author) Other; Eugénio Oliveira (Author) FEUP

Book

Title: Information Control Problems in Manufacturing 2006

Pages: 429-434

ISBN: 9780080446547

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Computer engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-KPC

DOI: 10.3182/20060517-3-FR-2903.00226

Abstract (EN): In a virtual organization, different business partners (individual organizations) cooperate in order to achieve a common goal. The coordination of the corresponding inter-organizational workflow is an important issue. This chapter aims to describe the Electronic Institution platform and to focus on an approach to the inter-organizational workflow management agent, mainly discussing its behavior, interfaces and information exchanged. This approach is conceptualized as a service within an Electronic Institution framework providing several agent-based services related with the formation and operation of virtual organizations. The chapter presents behavior of the inter-organizational workflow management service, modeled as an extension to a contract monitoring service. The chapter also deals with the information exchange needs between these services and with the partners involved in a virtual organization contractual relationship. Copyright © 2006 IFAC

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6