A node-centric analysis of metagraphs and its applications to workflow models

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-159

  Yen, Vincent ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacency matrix; Business process analysis; Business process modelling; Metagraphs; Workflow; Workflow analysis; Workflow modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 39849108474     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517570701249320     Document Type: Article

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