Reflections on the modularity of business process models: The case for introducing the aspect-oriented paradigm

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 662-687

  Cappelli, Claudia ^a   Santoro, Flávia Maria ^a   do Prado Leite, Julio Cesar Sampaio ^b   Batista, Thais ^c   Medeiros, Ana Luisa ^c   Romeiro, Clarissa S C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computer software; Modelling; Process planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955073754     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637151011065955     Document Type: Article

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