Agents and workflow engines for inter-organizational workflows in e-government cases

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-203

  Verginadis, Yiannis ^a   Mentzas, Gregoris ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Business environment; Communication technologies; Computer networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449095062     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150810864925     Document Type: Article

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