Workflow modeling using proclets

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1901, Issue , 2000, Pages 198-209

  van der Aalst, W ^b   Barthelmess, P ^b   Ellis, C A ^b   Wainer, J ^b,c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

CONTROL FLOWS; EXPRESSIVE POWER; MODEL COMPLEXES; PROCESS DEFINITION; WORKFLOW INSTANCES; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WORKFLOW MODELING; WORKFLOW PROCESS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84957029150     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/10722620_20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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