A survey of business process complexity metrics

Information Technology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1336-1344

  Muketha, G M ^a,b   Ghani, A A A ^a   Selamat, M H ^a   Atan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Computer Science   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Business processes; Complexity metrics; Empirical validation; Theoretical validation

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

BUSINESS PROCESS; COMPLEXITY METRICS; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; INHERENT COMPLEXITY; THEORETICAL VALIDATIONS; TOOL SUPPORT; VALIDATION RESULTS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

EID: 77956460718     PISSN: 18125638     EISSN: 18125646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2010.1336.1344     Document Type: Review

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