Simplifying process model abstraction: Techniques for generating model names

Information Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-151

  Leopold, Henrik ^a   Mendling, Jan ^b   Reijers, Hajo A ^c   La Rosa, Marcello ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business process model; Model abstraction; Model name; Process model repository; Refactoring

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OPERATION; BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL; MODEL ABSTRACTION; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; PROCESS MODEL ABSTRACTIONS; PROCESS MODELING; REFACTORINGS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ABSTRACTING;

EID: 84883468110     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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