Propagating changes between aligned process models

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1885-1898

  Weidlich, Matthias ^a   Mendling, Jan ^b   Weske, Mathias ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural analysis; Change propagation; Model synchronisation; Process model alignment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS; BUSINESS NEEDS; BUSINESS PROCESS; BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS PROCESS MODELLING; CHANGE PROPAGATION; CHANGE REGION; COMMON BUSINESS PROCESS; MULTIPLE MODELS; PROCESS MODEL; REAL-WORLD PROCESS;

HARDWARE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84861345967     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.02.044     Document Type: Article

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