Database Support for Workflow Management: The WIDE Project - The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science 1999 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface. Part One: Introduction to the WIDE Project. 1. Workflow Management and Database Technology; P. Grefen, P. Apers. 2. The WIDE Approach to Workflow Management; P. Grefen, et al. Part Two: The WIDE Workflow Model. 3. Conceptual Workflow Model; F. Casati, et al. 4. Workflow Design Methodology; L. Baresi, et al. Part Three: The WIDE Workflow System. 5. Data Support; C. Lopez, et al. 6. Transaction Support; E. Boertjes, et al. 7. Active Rule Support; F. Casati, et al. 8. Workflow Support; G. Sanchez, et al. Part Four: Wide Applications. 9. Medical Insurance Application; P. Ertink, M. Cieremans. 10. Short-Stay Surgery; S. Guillen, L. Winfield. Concluding Remarks; P. Grefen, et al. Appendices. Index."Publisher Marketing: Presenting the results of the ESPRIT WIDE project on advanced database support for workflow management, this book discusses combining database management and workflow management technology, especially in the areas of transaction and exception management.

Contributor Bio:  Sanchez, Gabriel Gabriel S nchez Curiel is a prestigious professor on the faculty of Accounting and Business Administration of UNAM with an academic career spanning over 30 years. He is also the professor of subject on the ITESM campus of Mexico City, where he has received numerous acknowledgments for academic excellence. Between 1982 and 1987, he was the coordinator for the auditing program at the School of Accounting and Auditing at UNAM and a member of the Consulting Commission of the same institution for over 25 years. He is a founding professor of the Master's Auditing program at Benito Juarez University in Oaxaca. Contributor Bio:  Pernici, Barbara Barbara Pernici is full professor of Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. Her research interests include cooperative information systems, workflow management systems, information systems modeling and design, mobile information systems, temporal databases, applications of database technology. She holds a Dr. Eng. Degree from Politecnico di Milano and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University. She has published around 35 papers in international journals, including IEEE and ACM Transactions, co-edited 10 books, and published about 120 papers at international level. She is an editor of the Requirements Engineering Journal. She is chief scientist of the Italian FIRB MAIS (Multichannel Adaptive Information Systems) Project, 2002-2005. She is chair of Working Group 8.1 on Design and Evaluation of Information Systems of IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing). Contributor Bio:  Sanchez, Gabriel Gabriel S nchez Curiel is a prestigious professor on the faculty of Accounting and Business Administration of UNAM with an academic career spanning over 30 years. He is also the professor of subject on the ITESM campus of Mexico City, where he has received numerous acknowledgments for academic excellence. Between 1982 and 1987, he was the coordinator for the auditing program at the School of Accounting and Auditing at UNAM and a member of the Consulting Commission of the same institution for over 25 years. He is a founding professor of the Master's Auditing program at Benito Juarez University in Oaxaca.