Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1997-08-27
1998-10-06
Black, Thomas G.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707 3, 707 4, 707100, 707103, 39580028, G06F 1730
Patent
active
058192700
ABSTRACT:
A computer system for displaying representations of processes, including models of complex business transactions in an information management system. The system includes a memory for storing the representations of the processes. The representation of a process includes an indication of processes into which the process is decomposed. Additionally, specializations of the process are represented. Alternatively, the dependencies among processes in a decomposition are indicated along with associated coordination processes. An indication of where a process is used within another process may also be provided. Specializations may also be bundled together to allow for evaluation of alternatives within a bundle.
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Crowston Kevin
Dellarocas Chrysanthos
Lee Jintae
Malone Thomas W.
Pentland Brian
Black Thomas G.
Lewis Cheryl
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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