Business process modelling with stochastic networks

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2743-2764

  Aytulun, S K ^a   Guneri, A F ^b  

^a TURKISH AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (Turkey)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Business process analysis; Business process modelling; Business process reengineering; Stochastic networks

Indexed keywords

PERT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REENGINEERING; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS; BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING; BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING; STOCHASTIC NETWORKS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 40849092730     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701543601     Document Type: Article

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