Functionality and Limitations of Current Workkow Management Systems
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چکیده
Workkow systems hold the promise of facilitating the everyday operation of many enterprises and work environments. As a result, many commercial workkow management systems have been developed. These systems, although useful, do not scale well, have limited fault-tolerance, and are innexible in terms of interoperating with other workkow systems. In this paper, we discuss the limitations of contemporary workkow management systems, and then elaborate on various directions for research and potential future extensions to the design and modeling of workkow management systems.
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