A Three-Layer Model for Business Processes - Process Logic, Case Semantics and Workflow Management

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摘要 Workflowmanagementaimsatthecontrolling,monitoring,optimizingandsupportingofbusinessprocesses.Welldesignedformalmodelswillfacilitatesuchmanagementsincetheyprovideexplicitrepresentationsofbusinessprocessesasthebasisforcomputerizedanalysis,verificationandexecution.PetriNetshavebeenrecognizedasthemostsuitablecandidateforworkflowmodeling,andassuch,formalmodelsbasedonPetriNetshavebeenproposed,amongthemWF-netbyAalstisthemostpopularone.ButWF-nethasturnedouttobeconceptuallychaoticaswillbeillustratedinthispaperwithanexamplefromAalst'sbook.Thispaperproposesaseriesofmodelsforthedescriptionandanalysisofbusinessprocessesatconceptuallydifferenthierarchicallayers.Analyticgoalsandmethodsat.theselayersarealsodiscussed.Theunderlyingstructure,sharedbyallthesemodels,isSYNCHRONIZER,whichisdesignedwiththeguidanceofsynchronytheoryofGNT(GeneralNet.Theory)andservesastheconceptualfoundationofworkflowformalmodels.Structurally,synchronizersconnecttaskstoformawholewhiledynamicallysynchronizerscontroltaskstoachievesynchronization.
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出版日期 2007年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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