Task-specific visual cues for improving process model understanding

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2016, Pages 63-78

  Petrusel, Razvan ^a   Mendling, Jan ^b   Reijers, Hajo A ^c  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business process model understanding; Color process model elements; Process model relevant region; Scoping task specific model elements; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL; DESIGNING PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; MODEL UNDERSTANDING; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PROCESS MODELING; TASK-SPECIFIC MODELS; VISUAL CUES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84979917176     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2016.07.003     Document Type: Article

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