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This paper proposes an agent-based framework for the composition and handling of change requests in dynamic inter-organizational workflows (IOWs) in virtual organization context. The framework adopts the software component technology to enable agents in an IOW to handle ad-hoc change requests in the run-time of the IOW. A change propagation model that guides the coordination process of the agents to handle a change request is proposed and a prototype system of the framework is detailed.
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Lee, H., Ahn, H.J., Kim, H., Shepherdson, J., Park, S.J. (2008). Agent Based Formation and Enactment of Adaptable Inter-organizational Workflows in Virtual Organizations. In: Nguyen, N.T., Jo, G.S., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications. KES-AMSTA 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4953. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78582-8_60
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