Dynamic workflow model fragmentation for distributed execution

Computers in Industry

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-391

  Tan, Wei ^a   Fan, Yushun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distributed workflow; Dynamic workflow model fragmentation; Petri net

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA TRANSFER; DYNAMIC MODELS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PETRI NETS;

DISTRIBUTED WORKFLOW; DYNAMIC WORKFLOW MODEL FRAGMENTATION; INFORMATION TRANSFER;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 34247101520     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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