The evolution towards flexible workflow systems

Distributed Systems Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 276-294

  Nutt, Gary J ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

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EID: 0009372847     PISSN: 09671846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-1846/3/4/007     Document Type: Article

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