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