Flexibility for distributed workflows

Handbook of Research on Complex Dynamic Process Management: Techniques for Adaptability in Turbulent Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 137-171

  Reichert, Manfred ^a   Bauer, Thomas ^b   Dadam, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

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EID: 79551556725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-669-3.ch006     Document Type: Chapter

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