Dynamic-agents to Support Adaptability in P2P Workflow Management Systems

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology is being recognized as a new approach to decentralized workflow management systems to overcome the limitation of the current centralized ClienUServer workflow management systems. However, the lack of supporting adaptability and exception handling at instance level of this approach seems to be responsible for the weakness of the P2P workflow management systems. Dynamic agents can be used within P2P workflow management systems architecture to facilitate adaptability and exception handling. This paper presents a novel dynamic-agent P2P workflow management system which integrates three major technologies: software agents, P2P networking and workflow systems. The adoption of dynamic agents within P2P network can help in overcoming the adaptability problem, reducing the need for human involvement in exception handling and improves the effectiveness of the P2P workflow management system. Paper487 11 :00 11 :30 Poster Session 3 PROFILING COMPUTER ENERGY CONSUMPTION ON ORGANIZATIONS Foyer Rui Pedro Lopes, Lufs Pires, Tiago Pedrosa and Vasile Marian Polytechnic Institute of Bragan9a, Bragan9a, Portugal