On the automatic generation of workflow processes based on product structures

Computers in Industry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-111

  Van Der Aalst, W M P ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DATA STRUCTURES; PETRI NETS; PROCESS CONTROL;

BILL-OF-MATERIALS (BOM); WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (WFMS);

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032681146     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(99)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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