State of arts and trends on flexible workflow technology

Jisuanji Jicheng Zhizao Xitong/Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, CIMS

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1501-1510

  Zhou, Jian Tao ^a,b   Shi, Mei Lin ^a   Ye, Xin Ming ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Change; Dynamism; Exception; Flexibility; Workflow

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

ADAPTABILITY; CHANGE; DYNAMISM; EXCEPTION; FLEXIBILITY; WORKFLOW;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 30644474913     PISSN: 10065911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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