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Gruhn, V., Laue, R. (2007). Approaches for Business Process Model Complexity Metrics. In: Abramowicz, W., Mayr, H.C. (eds) Technologies for Business Information Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5634-6_2
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