Lost in business process model translations: How a structured approach helps to identify conceptual mismatch

Research Issues in Systems Analysis and Design, Databases and Software Development

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 227-259

  Recker, Jan ^a   Mendling, Jan ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

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EID: 84863218827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-927-4.ch009     Document Type: Chapter

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