Enforcement of inter-task dependencies in workflows, characterization and paradigm

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-53

  Tang, Jian ^a   Veijalainen, Jari ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 0002888750     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843098000039     Document Type: Article

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