Business artifacts: An approach to operational specification

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 428-445

  Nigam, A ^a   Caswell, N S ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SPECIFICATIONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BUSINESS ARTIFACTS; BUSINESS RECORDS; OPERATIONAL SPECIFICATION;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0141940583     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.423.0428     Document Type: Article

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