WIRES: A methodology for developing workflow applications

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-106

  Casati, Fabio ^a   Fugini, Maria Grazia ^b   Mirbel, Isabelle ^c   Pernici, Barbara ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Extensions to UML; Methodology; Reusable patterns; Workflow; Workflows for e services

Indexed keywords

EID: 10444254962     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: 1432010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007660200006     Document Type: Article

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