Managing process model complexity via concrete syntax modifications

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-265

  La Rosa, Marcello ^a   Ter Hofstede, Arthur H M ^a,b   Wohed, Petia ^c   Reijers, Hajo A ^b   Mendling, Jan ^d   Van Der Aalst, Wil M P ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complexity; pattern; presentation; process model; secondary notation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; PATTERN; PRESENTATION; PROCESS MODEL; SECONDARY NOTATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955850827     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2011.2124467     Document Type: Article

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