A novel hierarchical method for decomposition and design of workflow models

Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-74

  Zerguini, Loucif ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hierarchical decomposition; Process analysis requirements; Workflow management systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FORMAL LANGUAGES; FORMAL LOGIC; GRAPH THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

HIERACHIAL DECOMPOSITIONS; PROCESS ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS; SUBFLOW; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

PETRI NETS;

EID: 4344620934     PISSN: 10920617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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