Title | ||
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Modeling and Composing Service-Based nd Reference Process-Based Multi-enterprise Processes |
Abstract | ||
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Multi-enterprise processes (MEPs) are workflows consisting of a set of activities that are implemented by different enterprises. Tightly coupled Virtual
Enterprises (VEs) typically agree on abstract MEPs (reference MEPs), to which each enterprise contributes single-enterprise processes (SEPs) that implement and refine the activities in the reference MEP. On the other end of the spectrum, loosely coupled VEs
use service-based MEPs that fuse together heterogeneous services implemented and provided by different enterprises. Existing process models usually couple activities with their implementation.
Therefore, they cannot effectively support such MEPs. In this paper, we introduce a Polymorphic Process Model (PPM) that supports both reference process- and service-based MEPs. To accomplish this, PPM decouples activity interface from activity implementation, and provides process polymorphism to support their mapping. In particular, PPM determines activity types from the activity interfaces, permits activity interface
subtyping, and provides for the mapping of MEP activity types to concrete implementations via interface matching. We illustrate
that these key PPM capabilities permit the late binding and use of multiple activity implementations within a MEP without
modifying the MEP at run time or enumerating the alternative implementation at specification time.
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Year | DOI | Venue |
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2000 | 10.1007/3-540-45140-4_17 | Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
activity type,different enterprise,couple activity,activity interface subtyping,activity interface,mep activity type,multiple activity implementation,reference process-based multi-enterprise processes,activity implementation,ppm decouples activity interface,service-based nd,service-based meps | Information system,Information integration,Information management,Late binding,Computer science,Process modeling,Implementation,Systems architecture,Workflow,Distributed computing | Conference |
Volume | ISSN | ISBN |
1789 | 0302-9743 | 3-540-67630-9 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
89 | 16.60 | 6 |
Authors | ||
4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Hans Schuster | 1 | 215 | 51.80 |
Dimitrios Georgakopoulos | 2 | 2554 | 580.54 |
Andrzej Cichocki | 3 | 5228 | 508.42 |
Donald Baker | 4 | 380 | 77.88 |