A flexible process model facilitated enactment

Weigang Li, Chunyan Ma, Junsheng Wu

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Abstract

Control flow modeling in workflow systems commonly focuses on describing the semantics of routing relationship between activities. It constructs process routing structures by composing various kinds of split nodes and join nodes. But this approach isn't appropriate for workflow engine to execute and results in the complication of realization of the workflow engine. To accord with the nature of control flow, we investigate the control and respondence relation between process and activities firstly, then the routing relationship between activities directly. A control flow modeling approach based on ECA rules is proposed, which can model the dynamic behaviors of workflow by allowing the process and activity respond the events sent from inside and outside the workflow system. Moreover, complicated routing semantics are modeled by links and control points. With this approach, the executing mechanism of control flow is unified. It simplifies the realization of workflow engine.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2009 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, ICCSIT 2009
Pages139-142
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, ICCSIT 2009 - Beijing, China
Duration: 8 Aug 200911 Aug 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2009 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, ICCSIT 2009

Conference

Conference2009 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, ICCSIT 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period8/08/0911/08/09

Keywords

  • Control flow
  • ECA
  • Process modeling
  • Workflow

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