A probabilistic approach to analyze and adjust time constraints in workflow management system

Jisuanji Yanjiu yu Fazhan/Computer Research and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-163

  Han, Rui ^a,b,c   Liu, Yingbo ^a,b,c   Wen, Lijie ^a,b,c   Wang, Jianmin ^a,b,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c TSINGHUA NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Probability; Process uncertainties; Time constraint; Time management; Workflow management systems

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS; DETERMINISTIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC NATURE; KEY ISSUES; ON TIME; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROCESS UNCERTAINTIES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL-WORLD; TIME CONSTRAINTS; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORK-FLOWS; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WORKFLOW NETS; WORKFLOW PROCESS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 77950578101     PISSN: 10001239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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