An Evaluation of Inter-Organizational Workflow Modeling Formalisms

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 74-104

  Dussart, Aymeric ^a   Aubert, Benoit A ^b,c   Patry, Michel ^b,d  

^a Robichaud Conseil   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Ctr Interuniv Res Anal on Org   (Canada)

^d Acad Affairs and Strategic Planning

Author keywords

Conceptual study; IS development methods and tools; Ontology; Prototype validation; UML

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MARKETING; SPECIFICATIONS;

CONCEPTUAL STUDIES; IS DEVELOPMENT METHODS AND TOOLS; ONTOLOGY; PROTOTYPE VALIDATION; UML;

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

EID: 1542363510     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2004040104     Document Type: Article

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