Abstract. With the rise of global networks like the Internet the importance of workflow systems is growing. However, security questions in such environments often only address secu...
In manufacturing the interaction between the design of a product and the process to manufacture this product is studied in detail. Consider for example Material Requirements Plann...
Wil M. P. van der Aalst, Hajo A. Reijers, S. Limam
Complex applications in many areas, including scientific computations and business-related web services, are created from collections of components to form workflows. In many case...
Most workflow tools support structured workflows despite the fact that unstructured workflows can be more expressive. The reason for this is that unstructured workflows are more pr...
The tools used to analyze scientific data are often distinct from those used to archive, retrieve, and query data. A scientific workflow environment, however, allows one to seamles...
Chad Berkley, Shawn Bowers, Matthew B. Jones, Bert...
Workflow is an important enabling technology for eScience. Research into workflow systems for eScience has yielded several specialized workflow engines. In this paper we investiga...
Workflows emphasize the partial order of activities, and the flow of data between activities. In contrast, cooperative processes emphasize the sharing of artefact, and its gradual ...
A workflow is a computerized specification of a business process. A workflow describes how tasks are executed and ordered following business policies. E-commerce systems implement...
Systems based on Service-Oriented Architecture are called service-based systems (SBS), and comprise of computing services offered by various organizations. Users of SBS often requ...
When investigating the performance of running scientific/ commercial workflows in parallel and distributed systems, we often take into account only the resources allocated to the ...
Ligang He, Mark Calleja, Mark Hayes, Stephen A. Ja...