Efficient transfer of process-instance data in distributed workflow management systems;Effiziente übertragung von prozessinstanzdaten in verteilten workflow-management-systemen

Informatik - Forschung und Entwicklung

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 76-92

  Bauer, Thomas ^a   Reichert, Manfred ^a   Dadam, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication costs; Distributed execution; Migration; Scalability; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644296798     PISSN: 01783564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009146     Document Type: Article

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