A configuration management approach for large workflow management systems

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Work Activities Coordination and Collaboration, WACC 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 177-186

  Schuster, Hans ^a   Neeb, Jens ^b   Schamburger, Ralf ^b  

^a Microelectronics Computer Technology Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Configuration; Scalability; Workflow management system

Indexed keywords

SCALABILITY; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

ASSIGNMENT STRATEGIES; CONFIGURATION; CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTS; REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE; WORKFLOW INSTANCES; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT COALITIONS; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 85013575214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/295665.295686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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