Preserving Consistency in Domain-Specific Business Processes Through Semantic Representation of Artefacts

2015 ◽  
pp. 36-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Lagos ◽  
Adrian Mos ◽  
Jean-Yves Vion-Dury ◽  
Jean-Pierre Chanod
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Semantic Representation ◽  
Domain Specific

scholarly journals Model execution: An approach based on extending domain-specific modeling with action reports

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1585-1620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verislav Djukic ◽  
Ivan Lukovic ◽  
Aleksandar Popovic ◽  
Vladimir Ivancevic
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Graphical Language ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Domain Specific Modeling ◽  
Model Execution ◽  
And Control ◽  
Measurement And Control ◽  
Specific Modeling ◽  
Target Platform

In this paper, we present an approach to development and application of domain-specific modeling (DSM) tools in the model-based management of business processes. The level of Model-to-Text (M2T) transformations in the standard architecture for domain-specific modeling solutions is extended with action reports, which allow synchronization between models, generated code, and target interpreters. The basic idea behind the approach is to use M2T transformation languages to construct submodels, client application components, and operations on target interpreters. In this manner, M2T transformations may be employed to support not only generation of target platform code from domain-specific graphical language (DSGL) models but also straightforward use of models and appropriate DSM tools as client applications. The applicability of action reports is demonstrated by examples from document engineering, and measurement and control systems.

scholarly journals Simulation Research of Business Processes with Queues Using GPSS Studio Modeling Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
V. V. Devyatkov ◽  
A. V. V.Gabalin
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Simulation Modeling ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Modeling Environment ◽  
Time Parameters ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Creation

The purpose of research. The goal of this study is to analyze different domestic software packages intended for modeling of business processes involving queues and time parameters. The main analysis criteria are: the possibility of graphical development or conversion of the business process block diagram to the model; automatic generation of simulation model; quick and convenient construction of domain-specific application; the variety of result analysis tools. The relevance of the problems to choose the optimal modeling tool is determined by the need to use only domestic software for business process investigation in the military and some scientific organizations, and by the lack of information about existing software products. In this paper, the subject of study is the Russian simulation modeling environment GPSS Studio.Materials and methods. In this article, the analysis of the possibility of effective usage of GPSS Studio environment during business processes analysis and synthesis is performed. The study was performed on the available examples of different applications of this tool, and by the creation of the model analyzing business processes that are typical for any HR department.Results. Taking into account the performed analysis of functionality and practical applications of the GPSS Studio environment, the good prospects of its application for modeling of business processes involving queues and time parameters are shown. The further system improvements intended for effective business process modeling are proposed.Conclusion. As a result of the performed study, we can do the following conclusions and recommendations:– The GPSS Studio graphical editor can be successfully used for the graphical description of the business processes when it is required to analyze: queues, the load of resources, and the time characteristics of the processing,– The simulation model is automatically generated from the graphical description. The produced model can be finally debugged and verified with the GPSS Studio,– The standalone simulation application working in terms of the subject domain can be built from the simulation model using the simulation environment,– Using this application, it is possible to perform complex business process simulation modeling by means of varying system parameters and performing of singular experiments, a series of dedicated experiments, and optimizing experiments,– Since the GPSS Studio concepts include the possibility to create domain-specific libraries of standard blocks, it is possible to create a library of standard elements similar to IDEF, BPMN, DFD block charts to facilitate faster description and modeling of business processes. After the creation of such a library, there would be no need to manually write GPSS code, since the business process model could be built by a simple connection of standard blocks.

scholarly journals A semi-automated BPMN-based framework for detecting conflicts between security, data-minimization, and fairness requirements

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1191-1227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qusai Ramadan ◽  
Daniel Strüber ◽  
Mattia Salnitri ◽  
Jan Jürjens ◽  
Volker Riediger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Storage ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
User Study ◽  
Query Language ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Legal Sanctions ◽  
Context Specific

Abstract Requirements are inherently prone to conflicts. Security, data-minimization, and fairness requirements are no exception. Importantly, undetected conflicts between such requirements can lead to severe effects, including privacy infringement and legal sanctions. Detecting conflicts between security, data-minimization, and fairness requirements is a challenging task, as such conflicts are context-specific and their detection requires a thorough understanding of the underlying business processes. For example, a process may require anonymous execution of a task that writes data into a secure data storage, where the identity of the writer is needed for the purpose of accountability. Moreover, conflicts not arise from trade-offs between requirements elicited from the stakeholders, but also from misinterpretation of elicited requirements while implementing them in business processes, leading to a non-alignment between the data subjects’ requirements and their specifications. Both types of conflicts are substantial challenges for conflict detection. To address these challenges, we propose a BPMN-based framework that supports: (i) the design of business processes considering security, data-minimization and fairness requirements, (ii) the encoding of such requirements as reusable, domain-specific patterns, (iii) the checking of alignment between the encoded requirements and annotated BPMN models based on these patterns, and (iv) the detection of conflicts between the specified requirements in the BPMN models based on a catalog of domain-independent anti-patterns. The security requirements were reused from SecBPMN2, a security-oriented BPMN 2.0 extension, while the fairness and data-minimization parts are new. For formulating our patterns and anti-patterns, we extended a graphical query language called SecBPMN2-Q. We report on the feasibility and the usability of our approach based on a case study featuring a healthcare management system, and an experimental user study.

A Domain Specific Strategy for Complex Dynamic Processes

2011 ◽  
pp. 1422-1446
Author(s):  
Semih Cetin ◽  
N. Ilker Altintas ◽  
Ozgur Tufekci
Keyword(s):  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Dynamic Processes ◽  
Specific Strategy ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Business Agility ◽  
Business Cases ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Traditional Process

This chapter identifies the issues that might create orthogonal complexities for process dynamism, and decouples the components implementing them in a “domain specific” way. Authors believe that traditional process management techniques for modeling and executing the processes still fall short to improve the dynamism of an enterprise. Some of the reasons are: using too “generic” techniques and tools for process management that are not scalable enough for typical business cases, having lack of architectural coverage to manage the tradeoffs between dynamism and other business quality issues, insufficient support for integrating legacy business processes, and unbalanced guidance between “primary” and “supportive” processes. In order to improve the business agility particularly with dynamic processes, effective abstraction and composition techniques are needed for the systematic design of primary and supportive processes in an organization. Authors bring in the “Domain Specific Kit” abstraction as a way to improve the dynamism of complex processes.

Modeling Cancer Registration Processes with an Enhanced Activity Diagram

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (01) ◽  
pp. 11-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Williams ◽  
D. Lyalin
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Registry ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Cancer Registration ◽  
Activity Diagram ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Enhanced Activity ◽  
Health Domains ◽  
Uml Activity Diagram

Summary Objectives: Adequate instruments are needed to reflect the complexity of routine cancer registry operations properly in a business model. The activity diagram is a key instrument of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for the modeling of business processes. The authors aim to improve descriptions of processes in cancer registration, as well as in other public health domains, through the enhancements of an activity diagram notation within the standard semantics of UML. Methods: The authors introduced the practical approach to enhance a conventional UML activity diagram, complementing it with the following business process concepts: timeline, duration for individual activities, responsibilities for individual activities within swimlanes, and descriptive text. Results: The authors used an enhanced activity diagram for modeling surveillance processes in the cancer registration domain. Specific example illustrates the use of an enhanced activity diagram to visualize a process of linking cancer registry records with external mortality files. Conclusions: Enhanced activity diagram allows for the addition of more business concepts to a single diagram and can improve descriptions of processes in cancer registration, as well as in other domains. Additional features of an enhanced activity diagram allow to advance the visualization of cancer registration processes. That, in turn, promotes the clarification of issues related to the process timeline, responsibilities for particular operations, and collaborations among process participants. Our first experiences in a cancer registry best practices development workshop setting support the usefulness of such an approach.

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