Process, workflow and groupware projects both in the commercial and research worlds have
each approached the problem of human communication and coordination with different sets …

Motivation Modem enterprises rely on database management systems (DBMS) to collect,
store and manage corporate data, which is considered a strategic corporate re source …

As software projects evolve, possibly differing in size, complexity, scope and purpose, the
development processes that support the project must evolve to reflect these changes. For a …

Decimal multiplication is important in many commercial applications including financial
analysis, banking, tax calculation, currency conversion, insurance, and accounting. This …

We describe two models for federating process-centered environments (PCEs):
homogeneous federation among distinct instances of the same environment framework …

The widespread construction of software systems from pre-existing, independently
developed software components will only occur when application builders can adapt …

Graham LLP (57) ABSTRACT Techniques have been developed whereby concurrency con
trol mechanisms. Such as nested databases can be expressed in terms of operations …

In current workflow and groupware systems, there is a gap between formal and informal
coordination mechanisms. To fill the gap, flexible coordination support covers the whole …

Concurrency control is a well-known problem in design and implementation of multi-user
hypermedia systems. Most existing systems store data and links in specialized databases …

Advances in wireless technology and affordable info-appliances are making mobile
computing a reality. Such appliances can both communicate with a fixed station or with other …