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Existing workflow management systems assume that each task is executed by a single worker. There is usually no support for group and cooperative work concepts. This paper extends the traditional organizational model with group concept, proposes a cooperative work enabled workflow model, and discusses the implementation of this workflow system. This involves a marriage of workflow systems and some cooperative tools. The model and system are then illustrated through a case study. The results of applications show some advantages of the proposed approach for supporting cooperative work and potential applications in next generation workflow management systems.
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Cui, L., Wang, H. (2005). Research on Cooperative Workflow Management Systems. In: Shen, W., Lin, Z., Barthès, JP.A., Li, T. (eds) Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design I. CSCWD 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3168. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11568421_36
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