A comprehensive design model for integrating business processes in web applications

International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-72

  Distante, Damiano ^a   Rossi, Gustavo ^b   Canfora, Gerardo ^a   Tilley, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Business processes; Conceptual design; Ubiquitous Web Applications (UWA); UWAT+; Web applications

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

BUSINESS PROCESSES; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; UBIQUITOUS WEB APPLICATIONS (UWA); WEB APPLICATIONS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 33846546038     PISSN: 14761289     EISSN: 17419212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWET.2007.011527     Document Type: Article

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