Exterminating the Dynamic Change Bug: A Concrete Approach to Support Workflow Change

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 297-317

  Van Der Aalst, W M P ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic change; Petri nets; Workflow change; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035622994     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011409408711     Document Type: Article

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