From conceptual process models to running systems: A holistic approach for the configuration of enterprise system processes

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-207

  Dreiling, Alexander ^a,d   Rosemann, Michael ^b   van der Aalst, Wil M P ^c   Sadiq, Wasim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d SAP Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business Process Modeling; Information Modeling Concepts; Model configuration; Reference modeling; System configuration

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING; INFORMATION MODELING CONCEPTS; MODEL CONFIGURATION; MODELING TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE MODELING;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 43249102912     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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