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Unraveling Iterative Control Structures from Business Processes
Si,Yain Whar; Yung,Weng Hong
2021-01-30
Source PublicationJOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ISSN1000-9000
Volume36Pages: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.

KeywordBranching Probability Business Process Management Iterative Control Structure Unravelling Zero-one Principle
DOI10.1007/s11390-020-9516-3
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Indexed BySCIE
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaComputer Science
WOS SubjectComputer Science, Hardware & Architecture ; Computer Science, Software Engineering
WOS IDWOS:000615566300011
PublisherSCIENCE PRESS16 DONGHUANGCHENGGEN NORTH ST, BEIJING 100717, PEOPLES R CHINA
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85100614837
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionFaculty of Science and Technology
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Corresponding AuthorSi,Yain Whar
AffiliationDepartment of Computer and Information Science,University of Macau,Macao
First Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
Corresponding Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
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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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