Author:
Joseph Barjis
Affiliation:
Georgia Southern University, United States
Keyword(s):
Model checking, business process simulation, modeling method, Petri net application.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
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Business Process Management
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e-Business
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Enterprise Engineering
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Enterprise Information Systems
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Information Systems Analysis and Specification
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Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
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Knowledge-Based Systems
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Methodologies, Processes and Platforms
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Model-Driven Software Development
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Modeling Formalisms, Languages and Notations
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Requirements Analysis And Management
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Software Engineering
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Symbolic Systems
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Systems Engineering
Abstract:
Traditionally, business processes models are based on graphical artifacts that do not lend to model checking or simulation, e.g., any Flow Chart like representation or UML diagrams. To check whether business process models are syntactically correct, the models are either translated to other diagrams with formal semantics or the validation is carried out manually. This approach poses two issues: first, models not lending to execution (simulation) will hardly allow thorough insight into the dynamic behavior of the system under consideration; second, when manual checking for small models may not be too difficult, it is almost impossible for complex models. In this paper we investigate two research questions that resulted in a method allowing to build executable business process models based on formal semantics of Petri net. The proposed method is theoretically based on the Transaction Concept. The two questions further studied in this paper concern graphical extension of Petri nets for
business process modeling, and developing a framework (guidelines) applying the proposed method.
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