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A Formal Framework for Business Process Modeling

by Roger Atsa Etoundi, Marcel Fouda Ndjodo, Ghislain Abessolo Aloío
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 13 - Number 6
Year of Publication: 2011
Authors: Roger Atsa Etoundi, Marcel Fouda Ndjodo, Ghislain Abessolo Aloío
10.5120/1784-2462

Roger Atsa Etoundi, Marcel Fouda Ndjodo, Ghislain Abessolo Aloío . A Formal Framework for Business Process Modeling. International Journal of Computer Applications. 13, 6 ( January 2011), 27-32. DOI=10.5120/1784-2462

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title = { A Formal Framework for Business Process Modeling },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { January 2011 },
volume = { 13 },
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month = { January },
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issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 27-32 },
numpages = {9},
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Abstract

In this paper, we define a new business process modeling approach based on the abstraction of the execution environment which is presented as a set of observers. The triggering condition of a task is linked to the state of the environment rather than a predefined order between tasks as suggested by other modeling approaches. Relying on the environment and the tasks, a formal framework of a business process is given. The modeling proposal presented in this paper is used to address three non dominant perspectives: context, semantics and goal; along with the usual controlflow perspective.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Business Process Design Environment State Process Semantics Execution Environment Quality of service

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