Meta workflows as a control and coordination mechanism for exception handling in workflow systems

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 40, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 89-105

  Kumar, Akhil ^a   Wainer, Jacques ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BPEL4WS; Coordination; Event state process (ESP) framework; Exception handling; Meta workflow; Workflow; WQM model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; XML;

BPEL4WS; COORDINATION; EVENT-STATE-PROCESS (ESP) FRAMEWORK; EXCEPTION HANDLING; META WORKFLOW; WORKFLOW; WQM MODEL;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 13844297037     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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