Paper Info
Title
Combining Analysis of Unstructured Workflows with Transformation to Structured Workflows
Abstract
Analysis of workflows in terms of structural correctness is important for ensuring the quality of workflow models. Typically, this analysis is only one step in a larger development process, followed by further transformation steps that lead from high-level models to more refined models until the workflow can finally be deployed on the underlying workflow engine of the production system. For practical and scalable applications, analysis and transformations of workflows must both be integrated to allow incremental changes of larger workflows. In this paper, we introduce the concept of a region tree for workflow models that can be used as the central data structure for both workflow analysis and workflow transformation. A region tree is similar to a program structure tree and imposes a hierarchy of regions onto the workflow model. It allows an incremental approach to analysis and transformation of workflows and thereby significantly reduces the overhead because individual regions can be dealt with separately.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/EDOC.2006.21
EDOC
Keywords
Field
DocType
program structure tree,unstructured workflows,workflow model,central data structure,underlying workflow engine,transformation step,structured workflows,region tree,workflow transformation,combining analysis,workflow analysis,larger workflows,incremental approach,development process,data structure,tree data structures,production system
Data mining,Data structure,Workflow technology,Computer science,Tree (data structure),XPDL,Workflow engine,Workflow,Workflow management system,Event-driven process chain
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2325-6354
0-7695-2558-X
17
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.89
9
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rainer Hauser118517.35
Michael Friess2615.74
Jochen M. Kuster3554.15
Jussi Vanhatalo452922.88