The application of UML to the design of processes supporting product configuration management

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 393-407

  Jiang, P ^a   Mair, Q ^b   Newman, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business process modelling; Product configuration management; UML; Workflow; XML

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METADATA; PROCESS CONTROL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; XML;

BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING; EXTENSIBLE STYLESHEET LANGUAGE (XSL); PRODUCT CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES;

EID: 33646940211     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920500233939     Document Type: Article

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