| Creators: |
Bauer, Thomas and Reichert, Manfred |
| Title: |
Dynamic Change of Server Assignments in Distributed Workflow
Management Systems |
| Item Type: |
Conference or Workshop Item |
| Event Title: |
(Proceedings of the) 6th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS) |
| Event Location: |
Porto, Portugal |
| Event Dates: |
April, 14-17, 2004 |
| Page Range: |
pp. 91-98 |
| Date: |
April 2004 |
| Divisions: |
Informationsmanagement |
| Abstract: |
Workflow management systems (WfMS) offer a promising approach for realizing process-oriented informa�tion systems. Central WfMS, with a single server controlling all workflow (WF) instances, however, may
become overloaded very soon. In the literature, therefore, many approaches suggest using a multi-server
WfMS with distributed WF control. In such a distributed WfMS, the concrete WF server for the control of
a particular WF activity is usually defined by an associated server assignment. Following such a partitioning
approach, problems may occur if components (WF servers, subnets, or gateways) become overloaded or break
down. As we know from other fields of computer science, a favorable approach to handle such cases may be
to dynamically change hardware assignment. This corresponds to the dynamic change of server assignments
in WfMS. This paper analyses to what extend this approach is reasonable in such situations |
| Forthcoming: |
No |
| Link eMedia: |
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| Citation: |
Bauer, Thomas and Reichert, Manfred
(2004)
Dynamic Change of Server Assignments in Distributed Workflow
Management Systems.
In: (Proceedings of the) 6th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS), April, 14-17, 2004, Porto, Portugal, pp. 91-98.
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