Modelling Constructs

2011 ◽  
pp. 122-141
Author(s):  
Ekkart Kindler
Keyword(s):  
Opposite Direction ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Simple Interface

There are many different notations and formalisms for modelling business processes and workflows. These notations and formalisms have been introduced with different purposes and objectives. Later, influenced by other notations, comparisons with other tools, or by standardization efforts, these notations have been extended in order to increase expressiveness and to be more competitive. This resulted in an increasing number of notations and formalisms for modelling business processes and in an increase of the different modelling constructs provided by modelling notations, which makes it difficult to compare modelling notations and to make transformations between them. One of the reasons is that, in each notation, the new concepts are introduced in a different way by extending the already existing constructs. In this chapter, the authors go the opposite direction: showing that it is possible to add most of the typical extensions on top of any existing notation or formalism—without changing the formalism itself. they introduce blocks with some additional attributes defining their initiation and termination behaviour. This serves two purposes: First, it gives a clearer understanding of the basic constructs and how they can be combined with more advanced constructs. Second, it will help combining different modelling notations with each other. Note that, though they introduce a notation for blocks in this chapter, they are not so much interested in promoting this notation here. The notation should just prove that it is possible to separate different issues of a modelling notation, and this way making its concepts clearer and the interchange of models easier. A fully-fledged block notation with a clear and simple interface to existing formalisms is yet to be developed.

Agile Workflow Technology for Long-Term Processes

2010 ◽  
pp. 279-298
Author(s):  
Mirjam Minor ◽  
Alexander Tartakovski ◽  
Daniel Schmalen ◽  
Ralph Bergmann
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Case Based Reasoning ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Workflow Technology ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
New Process ◽  
Practical Impact ◽  
Case Based

The increasing dynamics of today’s work impacts the business processes. Agile workflow technology is a means for the automation of adaptable processes. However, the modification of workflows is a difficult task that is performed by human experts. This chapter discusses the novel approach of agile workflow technology for dynamic, long-term scenarios and on change reuse. First, it introduces new concepts for a workflow modelling language and enactment service, which enable an interlocked modelling and execution of workflows by means of a sophisticated suspension mechanism. Second, it provides new process-oriented methods of case-based reasoning in order to support the reuse of change experience. The results from an experimental evaluation in a real-world scenario highlight the usefulness and the practical impact of this work.

Models and intelligent systems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Odincov
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Intended Meaning ◽  
Intelligent Information Systems ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Business Efficiency ◽  
Intelligent Information ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The monograph consists of three chapters, the first of which outlines the theoretical foundations of intelligent information systems. Special attention is paid to the disclosure of the term "model" as the intended meaning depends on the understanding of the material. Introduces and examines the new concepts such as the associative and intuitive knowledge while in the creation of intellectual information systems are not used. The second Chapter contains the analysis of problems of development of artificial intelligence (AI), developed in two directions: classical and statistical. Discusses difficulties in the development of the classical approach, associated with identifying the meaning of words, phrases, text, and formulating thoughts. The analysis of problems arising in the play of imagination and insight, machine understanding of natural language texts, play, verbalization and reflection. The third Chapter contains examples of the development of intelligent information systems and technologies in practice of management of economic objects. Theoretical bases of construction of information robots designed to support the task hierarchy of the knowledge base and generating control regulations. The technology of their creation and application in the management of the business efficiency of enterprise business processes and its investment activities. Focused on researchers and developers, AI and intelligent information systems, as well as graduate students and faculty in related academic disciplines.

Efficient allocation of knowledge in distributed business structures

2002 ◽  
Vol 216 (6) ◽  
pp. 939-943
Author(s):  
D Spath ◽  
J Elsner ◽  
K-H Sternemann
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Distributed Data ◽  
Efficient Allocation ◽  
Web Based ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Individual Knowledge ◽  
Business Structures ◽  
Information Objects

Accelerated business processes demand new concepts and realizations of information systems and knowledge databases. This paper presents the concept of the collaborative information space (CIS), which supplies the necessary tools to transform individual knowledge into collective useful information. The creation of ‘information objects’ in the CIS allows an efficient allocation of information in all business process steps at any time. Furthermore, the specific availability of heterogeneous, distributed data is realized by a web-based user interface, which enables an effective search by a multidimensionally hierarchical composition.

BIG Data

2019 ◽  
pp. 171-200
Author(s):  
K. Hariharanath
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Strategy Management ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Basic Functions

The basic functions such as production, marketing, and finance continue to be the same from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy. Business processes, procedures, methods, strategy, management thinking, and approach related to basic functions have been changed due to global market competition. Consequent to global competition, business activities have become more complex. Due to this complexity, the type and quantum of information required by the business enterprises are increasing. It is interesting to note that information and communication technology is providing many new concepts to handle and manage the complex information to remain competitive in the global market. The concepts such as big data and cloud computing along with other collaborative technology facilitate creating conceptual business models for facing realities in the global market. This chapter mainly explains with two case illustrations of the importance of the above concepts for developing business models for textile and retail sectors.

A New Framework for Reusing Business Processes Via Mashup

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-70
Author(s):  
Zenak Fethia ◽  
Zaoui Lynda
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
New Process ◽  
Central Interest ◽  
Simple Interface ◽  
Temporal Events ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
New Framework

This article describes how in the last decade, business process repositories have grown significantly and the need for new processes to answer increasing market demands, has become a central interest of modern enterprises. However, developing open source business processes (BP) from scratch is one of the most time-consuming and high-cost tasks. Therefore, reusing mechanisms becomes a priority to deal with this issue. In this article, it is proposed that an open source user-friendly framework that mixes parts of existing process components to build a new process, in order to respond to a particular goal. This is known as business process mashup (BP_Mashup). The BP_mashup framework presented in this article allows users to perform a mixture of process fragments using a simple interface with a set of graphical and temporal events operators based on a formal model.

Context Related Software Under Ubiquitous Computing

2009 ◽  
pp. 92-104
Author(s):  
N. Raghavendra Rao
Keyword(s):  
Ubiquitous Computing ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Pervasive Computing ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Ubiquitous And Pervasive Computing

The advancements in information and communication technology (ICT) have resulted in the new concepts being developed in this discipline. Ubiquitous and pervasive computing are among the number of other concepts provided by the ICT. Especially these concepts are providing scope for radical changes in business processes of organizations. It would become a necessity for integrating business with these concepts to face the new realities in business process in organizations. This chapter describes the historical background of commerce in electronic environment, the concepts related to context computing, ubiquitous computing and pervasive computing, and Grid computing. Further it explains the recent trends and also talks about the three business models with these concepts incorporated in three different contexts.

Context Related Software Under Ubiquitous Computing

2012 ◽  
pp. 602-614
Author(s):  
N. Raghavendra Rao
Keyword(s):  
Ubiquitous Computing ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Pervasive Computing ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Ubiquitous And Pervasive Computing

The advancements in information and communication technology (ICT) have resulted in the new concepts being developed in this discipline. Ubiquitous and pervasive computing are among the number of other concepts provided by the ICT. Especially these concepts are providing scope for radical changes in business processes of organizations. It would become a necessity for integrating business with these concepts to face the new realities in business process in organizations. This chapter describes the historical background of commerce in electronic environment, the concepts related to context computing, ubiquitous computing and pervasive computing, and Grid computing. Further it explains the recent trends and also talks about the three business models with these concepts incorporated in three different contexts.

Novel Approaches to Low-Voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 366-367
Author(s):  
Arthur V. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Electron Optics ◽  
Current Interest ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Opportune Time ◽  
Novel Approaches ◽  
Voltage Scanning ◽  
Scanning Electron

In comparison with the developers of other forms of instrumentation, scanning electron microscope manufacturers are among the most conservative of people. New concepts usually must wait many years before being exploited commercially. The field emission gun, developed by Albert Crewe and his coworkers in 1968 is only now becoming widely available in commercial instruments, while the innovative lens designs of Mulvey are still waiting to be commercially exploited. The associated electronics is still in general based on operating procedures which have changed little since the original microscopes of Oatley and his co-workers.The current interest in low-voltage scanning electron microscopy will, if sub-nanometer resolution is to be obtained in a useable instrument, lead to fundamental changes in the design of the electron optics. Perhaps this is an opportune time to consider other fundamental changes in scanning electron microscopy instrumentation.

New Concepts in Congenital Deafness

1971 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-443
Author(s):  
LaVonne Bergstrom ◽  
Janet Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Deafness ◽  
New Concepts
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