The case handling case

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-391

  Reijers, H A ^a   Rigter, J H M ^b   Van Der Aalst, W M P ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Deloitte and Touche Management   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case handling; Case study; Exception handing; Flexibility; Tool selection; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

CASE HANDLING;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042819825     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843003000784     Document Type: Article

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