A modular approach to the specification and management of time duration constraints in BPMN

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Highlights:

• We represent different kinds of duration constraints through re-usable BPMN process models.

• The presented processes provide a clear conceptualization of duration-aware process activities.

• A formal description of the proposed patterns is provided along with real-world motivating examples.

• Being fully BPMN-compliant, the proposed approach benefits of existing tool support.

• The soundness of the obtained process models is verified by mapping them to time Petri nets.

摘要

•We represent different kinds of duration constraints through re-usable BPMN process models.•The presented processes provide a clear conceptualization of duration-aware process activities.•A formal description of the proposed patterns is provided along with real-world motivating examples.•Being fully BPMN-compliant, the proposed approach benefits of existing tool support.•The soundness of the obtained process models is verified by mapping them to time Petri nets.

论文关键词:Business process modeling,Duration constraints,BPMN,Modular process design,Duration patterns

论文评审过程:Received 22 June 2018, Revised 7 March 2019, Accepted 26 April 2019, Available online 11 May 2019, Version of Record 20 May 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2019.04.010