Developing a reusable workflow engine

Journal of Systems Architecture

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 309-324

  Ferreira, Diogo M R ^a   Ferreira, J J Pinto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Component reuse; Workflow engines; Workflow management systems

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKET NETWORKS; STANDARDS; USER INTERFACES;

COMPONENT REUSE; WORKFLOW ENGINES; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 2642564432     PISSN: 13837621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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