Synthesis and Decomposition of Processes in Organizations

Information Systems Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-355

  Basu, Amit ^a   Blanning, Robert W ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed Processes; Graph Theory; Metagraphs; Process Integration; Synthesis and Decomposition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATA PROCESSING; GRAPH THEORY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PERSONNEL; XML;

DISTRIBUTED PROCESSES; METAGRAPHS; PROCESS INTEGRATION; SYNTHESIS AND DECOMPOSITION; WORKFLOWS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 0942300757     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.14.4.337.24901     Document Type: Article

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