文档介绍：Workflow Management
Models, Methods, and Systems
Wil van der Aalst and Kees van Hee
The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London,
England
This translation © 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Originally published under the title Workflow Management:
Modellen, Metho-den en Systemen, 1997, by Academic Service.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Aalst, Wil van der.
Workflow management / Wil van der Aalst,
Kees van Hee. p. cm. —(Cooperative
information systems)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-262-01189-1 (he. : alk. paper)
1. Management information systems. 2. Production
management.
3. Workflow. I. Hee, Kees Max van, 1946- II. Title.
III. Series.
2002
'1—dc21 2001042602
Contents
Series Foreword vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
anizing Workflows 1
2 Modeling Workflows 31
3 Management of Workflows 75
4 Analyzing Workflows 99
5 Functions and Architecture of Workflow Systems 145
6 Roadmap for Workflow System Development 211
7 Sagitta 2000 Case Study 243
Appendix A: Workflow Theory 267
Appendix B: Workflow Modeling Using UML 293
Solutions to Exercises 305
Glossary 345
Bibliography 359
Index 365
Series Foreword
The traditional view of information systems as tailor-made, cost-intensive
database applications is changing rapidly. The change is fueled partly by a
maturing software industry, which is making greater use of off-the-shelf
ponents and standard software solutions, and partly by the
onslaught of the information revolution. In turn, this chan