Metagraphs in workflow support systems

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-208

  Basu, Amit ^a,b   Blanning, Robert W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

METAGRAPHS; WORKFLOW SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032687423     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(99)00006-8     Document Type: Article

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