These agents interact with each other until a certain
number of scenarios are defined (optimisation of the capabilities generation within
budget restrictions).
Workflow
Automating partly or totally a business process was first done by a workflow system.
Before discussing BPEL4WS or BPEL in the context of SOA, workflow is looked
at in more detail.
Kobielus (1997) defines a workflow as ???the flow of information and control in a
business process??? (p. 32). Plesums (2002) adds explicitly the ICT aspects to the
workflow definition: ???In the last 15 years or so we finally have developed tools to
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not only do the work, but to manage the workflow. More than just procedural documents,
that workflow process is defined formally in the workflow computer system.
The process is managed by a computer program that assigns the work, passes it on,
and tracks its progress??? (p. 19).
The Workflow Management Council (WfMC, 1995) states: ???Workflow is concerned
with the automation of procedures where documents, information or tasks are passed
between participants according to a defined set of rules to achieve, or contribute to,
an overall business goal.
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