WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT METHOD, RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a workflow management system for easily generating one process definition from among a plurality of process definitions.

SOLUTION: This workflow management system for managing a workflow based on process information where an execution sequence in which each of a series of operation units is executed is decided is provided with: a process information storage part for storing first process information to decide the order of the execution sequence in which each of the series of operation units is executed by using first data and second process information to decide the order of the execution sequence in which each of the series of operation units including at least one operation unit among the series of operation units decided by the first process information should be executed by using the second data; and a process generation part for generating new process information to execute redundant operation units as the operation units decided by both the first and second process information concurrently by using the first and second data based on the first and second process information.

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