A framework for web-based intelligent decision support enterprise

This paper presents the agent-enabled communication mechanisms in designing decentralized distributed decision support enterprise where each decision-support service center is self-contained and can function independently, at the same time are all connected in an Internet-like enterprise-wide network environment for cooperative problem solving. Comparing to the traditional client/server paradigm, this approach provides a more efficient and secure solution since using intelligent agents leads to reduction of network traffic while protecting private information from being exposed In addition, with the collaboration of the emerging mobile agents concept and the distributed object-oriented computing mechanisms, these physically distributed decision centers can be logically unified to provide a better mode of communication with increased efficiency and flexibility, as well as improved re-usability of distributed components. A prototype system is developed using IBM's Aglets and Java™ RMI.