Title
The Declarative Approach to Business Process Execution: An Empirical Test
Abstract
Declarative approaches have been proposed to counter the limited flexibility of the traditional imperative modeling paradigm, but little empirical insights are available into their actual strengths and usage. In particular, it is unclear whether end-users are really capable of adjusting a particular plan to execute a business process when using a declarative approach. Our paper addresses this knowledge gap by describing the design, execution, and results of a controlled experiment in which varying levels of constraints are imposed on the way a group of subjects can execute a process. The results suggest that our subjects can effectively deal with increased levels of constraints when relying on a declarative approach. This outcome supports the viability of this approach, justifying its further development and application.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-02144-2_37
CA(i)SE
Keywords
Field
DocType
empirical insight,controlled experiment,actual strength,business process,business process execution,limited flexibility,traditional imperative modeling paradigm,particular plan,declarative approach,knowledge gap,increased level,empirical test
Data mining,Business case,Business process,Systems engineering,Computer science,Constraint violation,Controlled experiment,Empirical research
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
5565
0302-9743
28
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.29
16
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Barbara Weber1120056.07
Hajo A. Reijers23424193.65
Stefan Zugal359829.26
werner wild431522.29