WebWork: METEOR2's web-based workflow management system

Journal of Intelligent Information Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-215

  Miller, John A ^a   Palaniswami, Devanand ^a   Sheth, Amit P ^a   Kochut, Krys J ^a   Singh, Harvinder ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Database systems; Distributed systems; Web technology; Workflow systems

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TELECOMMUNICATION; WORLD WIDE WEB; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; WEB TECHNOLOGY; WORKFLOW SYSTEMS;

METEOR BURST COMMUNICATION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ENACTMENT SYSTEMS; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (WFMS); WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW);

EID: 0032026672     PISSN: 09259902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008660827609     Document Type: Article

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