DEFINITION OF BUSINESS PROCESS INTEGRATION OPERATORS FOR GENERALIZATION

Georg Grossmann, Yikai Ren, Michael Schrefl, Markus Stumptner

2005

Abstract

Integration of autonomous object-oriented systems requires the integration of both object structure and object behavior. However, research in this area has so far mainly addressed the integration of object structure. Based on our earlier work that identified behavior-based correspondences between business processes and defined a set of permissible integration operators to enable the construction of linked or integrated business processes. In this paper, we define the integration operators themselves in terms of a set of high level operation calls and demonstrate them on a car dealer and car insurance example. For modelling purposes we use a subset of UML activity diagrams.

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Grossmann G., Ren Y., Schrefl M. and Stumptner M. (2005). DEFINITION OF BUSINESS PROCESS INTEGRATION OPERATORS FOR GENERALIZATION . In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-19-8, pages 510-517. DOI: 10.5220/0002539305100517


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@conference{iceis05,
author={Georg Grossmann and Yikai Ren and Michael Schrefl and Markus Stumptner},
title={DEFINITION OF BUSINESS PROCESS INTEGRATION OPERATORS FOR GENERALIZATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2005},
pages={510-517},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002539305100517},
isbn={972-8865-19-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - DEFINITION OF BUSINESS PROCESS INTEGRATION OPERATORS FOR GENERALIZATION
SN - 972-8865-19-8
AU - Grossmann G.
AU - Ren Y.
AU - Schrefl M.
AU - Stumptner M.
PY - 2005
SP - 510
EP - 517
DO - 10.5220/0002539305100517