Synchronous design of business processes and information systems using dynamic process modelling

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 488-500

  Giaglis, George M ^a   Hlupic, Vlatka ^b,c   De Vreede, Gert Jan ^c,d   Verbraeck, Alexander ^c  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems; Modelling; Process management; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444509521     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150510619849     Document Type: Article

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