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Unraveling Iterative Control Structures from Business Processes | |
Si,Yain Whar; Yung,Weng Hong | |
2021-01-30 | |
Source Publication | JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
ISSN | 1000-9000 |
Volume | 36Pages:158-190 |
Abstract | Iterative control structures allow the repeated execution of tasks, activities or sub-processes according to the given conditions in a process model. Iterative control structures can significantly increase the risk of triggering temporal exceptions since activities within the scope of these control structures could be repeatedly executed until a predefined condition is met. In this paper, we propose two approaches to unravel iterative control structures from process models. The first approach unravels loops based on zero-one principle. The second approach unravels loops based on branching probabilities assigned at split gateways. The proposed methods can be used to unfold structured loops, nested loops and crossing loops. Since the unfolded model does not contain any iterative control structures, it can be used for further analysis by process designers during the modeling phase. The proposed methods are implemented based on workflow graphs, and therefore they are compatible with modeling languages such as Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN). In the experiments, the execution behavior of unfolded process models is compared against the original models based on the concept of runs. Experimental results reveal that runs generated from the original models can be correctly executed in the unfolded BPMN models that do not contain any loops. |
Keyword | Branching Probability Business Process Management Iterative Control Structure Unravelling Zero-one Principle |
DOI | 10.1007/s11390-020-9516-3 |
URL | View the original |
Indexed By | SCIE |
Language | 英語English |
WOS Research Area | Computer Science |
WOS Subject | Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture ; Computer Science, Software Engineering |
WOS ID | WOS:000615566300011 |
Publisher | SCIENCE PRESS16 DONGHUANGCHENGGEN NORTH ST, BEIJING 100717, PEOPLES R CHINA |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85100614837 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | Faculty of Science and Technology DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE |
Corresponding Author | Si,Yain Whar |
Affiliation | Department of Computer and Information Science,University of Macau,Macao |
First Author Affilication | University of Macau |
Corresponding Author Affilication | University of Macau |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Si,Yain Whar,Yung,Weng Hong. Unraveling Iterative Control Structures from Business Processes[J]. JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2021, 36, 158-190. |
APA | Si,Yain Whar., & Yung,Weng Hong (2021). Unraveling Iterative Control Structures from Business Processes. JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 36, 158-190. |
MLA | Si,Yain Whar,et al."Unraveling Iterative Control Structures from Business Processes".JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 36(2021):158-190. |
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