Title:
Services Management
in Component Based Collaborative Workflow Processes
Abstract: Collaborative
and dynamic workflow management systems in logistic companies require strong
information systems and computer support. Business processes in
such industries generally compose of several parts, a structured operational
part and an unstructured operational part, or they could be composed of semi-structured
parts with some given and some unknown details. Unpredictable situations
may occur as a result of changes in decisions made by the management.
The inability to deal with various changes greatly limits the applicability
of workflow systems in real industrial and commercial operations. This paper
deals with adaptation management of collaborative workflow changes in such
consortia and proposes architecture for implementation of these changes through
the process of component integration and synchronization where by existing
workflow systems adapt to the changes. This paper describes conceptual framework
required for prototype implementation resulting in new collaborative workflow
adaptation.
Authors: Leo Pudhota and Elizabeth Chang