Claims
- 1. A computerized handbook of processes, comprising:a memory in which representations of a plurality of processes are stored, a representation for a process including indications of processes into which the process is decomposed, and wherein at least one of the plurality of processes is a specialization of another one of the plurality of processes, the representation of the specialization being such that the specialization inherits characteristics from the other process; a display system including a display, means for accessing specializations of a process from the memory and for displaying the accessed specializations on the display, means for accessing a decomposition of a process and for displaying the accessed decomposition on the display, and means, responsive to user selection, for alternatively operating both said means for accessing.
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GOVERNMENT INTERESTS
The United States Government has certain interests in this application via grants from the National Science Foundation. This is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/143,796 filed Aug. 31, 1998 which is a continuation Ser. No. 08/920,629 filed Aug. 27, 1997 which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/681,620 filed Jul. 29, 1996, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/256,288 filed Jun 27, 1994, which is a continuation PCT/W094/19742 filed Feb. 25, 1994.
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