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Control and update of workflow functions become flexible and versatile by simply modifying agent reasoning and behaviors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>When business partners want to collaborate, how to integrate agents in different workflows becomes a critical issues.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>Agent technology can facilitate design cooperation and teamwork communication in a collaborative, transparent product development environment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This research establishes generalized flow logic RDF models and an agent\u2010based intelligent workflow management system, called AWfMS, based on the RDF schema of workflow definition. 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