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Preface vii
We feel privileged to have worked with many enthusiastic, committed, and
knowledgeable people over the years. In addition to the authors of the various chap-
ters in this book, we wish to thank the following people for their contributions
to the YAWL initiative: Lindsay Bradford, Carmen Bratosin, Ross Brown, Francesco
Cardi, Evan Chen, David Edmond, Tore Fjellheim, Matt Flaherty, Mike
Fowler, Andrew Hastie, Saphira Heijens, Sean Kneipp, Jan-Christian Kuhr,
Giancarlo La Medica, Massimiliano de Leoni, Alfredo Nantes, Ignatius Ong, Helen
Paik, Jessica Prestedge, Guy Redding, Dan Simkins, Alex Streit, David Truffet,
S´ebastien Vicente, and Kenneth Wang.
We also gratefully acknowledge support from the Australian Research Coun-
cil, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, and the
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO).
We sincerely hope that this book provides a valuable resource to the reader in the
years to come.

Brisbane, Australia Arthur ter Hofstede
Eindhoven, the Netherlands Wil van der Aalst
Brisbane, Australia Michael Adams
Eindhoven, the Netherlands Nick Russell