@TechReport{Dartmouth:TR96-283, author = {Ting Cai and Peter A. Gloor and Saurab Nog}, title = {{DartFlow: A Workflow Management System on the Web using Transportable Agents}}, institution = {Dartmouth College, Computer Science}, address = {Hanover, NH}, number = {PCS-TR96-283}, year = {1996}, month = {May}, URL = {http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR96-283.ps.Z}, abstract = { Workflow management systems help streamline business processes and increase productivity. This paper describes the design and implementation of the DartFlow workflow management system. DartFlow uses Web-browser embedded Java applets as its front end and transportable agents as the backbone. While Java applets provide a safe and platform independent GUI, the use of transportable agents makes DartFlow highly flexible and scalable. This paper describes the design and implementation of DartFlow, as well as a workflow application that exploits DartFlow's agent-based design. } }