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Undo in Workflow Management Systems

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Business Process Management (BPM 2003)

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Workflow Management Systems are one of the main technology for supporting Business Processes and they need to be as flexible as possible. One relevant issue arising from integration between WfMSs and corporate Information Systems is that of undo strategies, policies and mechanisms. In this paper the state of the art for the undo problem and the solution adopted in the framework of the Milano Workflow Management System are presented.

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  1. DICO, University of Milano, via Comelico 39, 20135, Milano, Italy

    Alessandra Agostini

  2. DISCo, University of Milano Bicocca, via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126, Milano, Italy

    Giorgio De Michelis & Marco Loregian

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Agostini, A., De Michelis, G., Loregian, M. (2003). Undo in Workflow Management Systems. In: van der Aalst, W.M.P., Weske, M. (eds) Business Process Management. BPM 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2678. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44895-0_22

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