Managing multi-task systems using workflow

International Journal of Computers and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 69-78

  Taha, Y ^a,c   Helal, A ^a,b,d,e,f   Ahmed, K M ^a,g,h,i,j,k   Hammer, J ^b,d,h  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^g Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ American Can Company   (United States)

^j Kuwait University ^*  (Egypt)

^k KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTI-TASK SYSTEMS; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHEDULING;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033284873     PISSN: 1206212X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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