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`Databases and Mobile Computing
`1996, pp 2745
`Exotica/FMDC: A Workflow Management System for Mobile
`and Disconnected Clients
`Abstract
`Workflow Management Systems (WFMSs) automate the execution of business processes in
`environments encompassing large numbers of users distributed over a wide geographic area and using
`heterogeneous resources. Current implementations allow the definition and controlled execution of
`complex and long lived business processes as the basis for an enterprisewide collaborative system but,
`in most cases, the autonomy of the users is greatly restricted due to architectural and design
`considerations. In particular, existing systems are built around a centralized server. As a result, users
`need to maintain an uninterrupted connection with the server to perform the different tasks assigned to
`them. This is a severe restriction, especially when considering the emergence of mobile computing, and
`the increase in use of laptops and small computers which are connected to the network only occasionally
`and which will, undoubtedly, be the tool of choice for many users. This paper addresses the problem of
`supporting disconnected workflow clients in large workflow management systems while still preserving
`the correctness of the overall execution and allowing coordinated interactions between the different users
`regardless of their location.
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`Recommended by: Daniel Barbara, Ravi Jain, Narayanan Krishnakumar
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`Exotica/FMDC: A Workflow Management System for Mobile and Disconnected Clients
`Book Title
`Databases and Mobile Computing
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`Pages
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`pp 2745
`Copyright
`1996
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`DOI
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`10.1007/9780585266367_3
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`9780792397496
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`9780585266367
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`Ravi Jain (1)
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`Authors
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`G. Alonso (3)
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`R. Günthör (4)
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`M. Kamath (5)
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`D. Agrawal (6)
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`A. El Abbadi (6)
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`C. Mohan (7)
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`3. Department of Computer Science, ETHZürich, ETHZentrum, CH8092, Zürich,
`Switzerland
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`4. IBM European Networking Center, Postfach 10 30 68, 69020, Heidelberg,
`Germany
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`5. Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,
`01003, USA
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`6. Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA,
`93106, USA
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`7. IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, CA, 95120, USA
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