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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mototsugu Iwasa, Yokohama, JP;
Hiromasa Nemoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hirofumi Kondoh, Yamato, JP;
Hirotoshi Ise, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395500 ; 705-1 ;
Abstract
A simulation system in a work flow control system confirms whether or not prepared business process defining information is valid. The simulation system receives as an input thereto a false case including a name of a document, an attribute name belonging to the document, and attribute values to be selected; virtually moves the false case from a node to another node according to the business process defining information, simulates a process conducted in each node, and generates a journal of these processes.