Crowdsourcing has recently been significantly explored. Although related surveys have
been conducted regarding this subject, each has mainly consisted of a review of a single …

Purpose–The purpose of this research is to develop a prototype of agent‐based intelligent
workflow system for product design collaboration in a distributed network environment …

Many Grid workflow middleware services require knowledge about the performance
behavior of Grid applications/services in order to effectively select, compose, and execute …

In the coalition forces, users are increasingly challenged with the issues of information
overload and correlation of information from heterogeneous sources. Users might need …

In this paper, we demonstrate the use of autonomous agents to assist humans in complying
with the schedule of a collaborative work process. Software agents take over the tasks of …

In this paper, we develop a model for a collaborative process using software agents to
resolve issues and problems with the process. The structure, workflow, and entities of the …

In this paper, the authors demonstrate the use of software agents to extend the role of
humans in a collaborative work process. The extended roles to agents provide a convenient …

While existing work concentrates on develo** QoS models of business workflows and
Web services, few tools have been developed to support the monitoring and performance …

Workflow management systems (WfMS) should address the needs of rapidly changing
business environments. We have built a multi-agent based framework, JBees, which …

In this paper we propose a systematic approach to performance analysis of workflow
applications on the grid. We introduce an ideal model for the workflow execution time and …