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Using Harel's Statecharts to Model Business Workflows
- Source :
- Journal of Database Management. 13:17-34
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- IGI Global, 2002.
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Abstract
- In this paper, we model business workflows using Harel’s statecharts. Mapping to statecharts allows us to systematically identify potential workflow problems. It also allows us to investigate specific properties inherent in actual business workflows. Our research focuses on three desirable properties of active database systems — termination, confluence, and observable determinism. For termination and confluence, we develop algorithms to provide a theoretical lens linking desirable active database system properties to workflow management systems problems. We initially validate our algorithms by mapping business workflows from a case study. Our research thus builds preliminary theory by developing a systematic method for identifying workflow problems.
- Subjects :
- Database
Windows Workflow Foundation
business.industry
Computer science
Active database
computer.software_genre
Workflow engine
Workflow technology
Workflow
Unified Modeling Language
Hardware and Architecture
Event-driven process chain
Software engineering
business
computer
Software
Workflow management system
Information Systems
computer.programming_language
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15338010 and 10638016
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Database Management
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........6efd2f706f5396c3d9aae8cd997a2e71
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4018/jdm.2002070102