Towards the Meta-Modeling of Complex Inter-Organisationnel Collaborative Processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-34
Author(s):  
Kahina Semar-Bitah ◽  
Kamel Boukhalfa
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Transformation Rules ◽  
Collaborative Processes ◽  
Meta Modeling ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
Uml Models

Enterprises are progressively embedded in business to business atmospheres, in order to achieve their common business objectives. Such collaborations lead to Inter-Organizational Business Processes. Therefore, IOBP modeling involves new challenges, mainly the ability to deal with autonomy, privacy, heterogeneity. As a contribution in this area, a IOBP meta-model was designed. This model takes into account the maximum concepts related to the collaboration. Where, the process is complex, and its model in a global way affects its vision and complicates its implementation and hence the idea of its analysis into sub-IOBP to reduce the complexity of the global collaborative process, to streamline information exchange and to facilitate the understanding of the process by partners. A set of Atlas Transformation Language (ATL) transformation rules has been defined to convert Unified Modeling Language (UML) models to Business Process Model and Notation. Finally, the application of our approach has been demonstrated through a framework which can solve the problem of generic IOBP.

scholarly journals Towards UML representation for BPMN and DMN models

2019 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 02007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Suchenia ◽  
Paweł Łopata ◽  
Piotr Wiśniewski ◽  
Bernadetta Stachura-Terlecka
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Consistency Checking ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Management Group ◽  
Design Alternatives ◽  
Software Engineers ◽  
Uml Models

Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a standardised Object Management Group (OMG) notation among software engineers. There have been many attempts to design alternatives to UML. Recently, new notations such as Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and Decision Model and Notation (DMN) have been proposed for modelling processes and decisions. These dedicated notations provide a simpler way of capturing functional requirements in a designer-friendly fashion. Moreover, some concepts as rules cannot be directly modelled in UML. Our research considers a method of translating business models such as BPMN and DMN into a set of consistent UML models, which can be later used by business analysts and developers to understand and implement the system. As a single notation design, it allows the user to take advantage of software supporting UML modelling and consistency checking, in addition using such translation can provide additional insights into OMG business models. Furthermore, the design provided in a single notation can be easier to follow and develop. This approach supports also visualisation of rules. It is important to mention that the proposed solution does not extend any custom UML artifacts and can be used with standard UML tools.

scholarly journals Analysis and Design of Sales Information System on Web-Based E-Commerce in Yoga Farm Catfish Breeding Business Using UML

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 683
Author(s):  
Muhamad Ridho Dwi Cahyo ◽  
Candiwan Candiwan
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Yoga Farm is a Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) that focuses on catfish breeding that is still doing business processes manually. With this process, information received by related parties is very difficult to obtain quickly. Therefore, the product is still not widely known, and customers are still few because the system used in sales and promotions still uses a manual system. The research method used is qualitative. This study aims to create a sales information system recommended at Yoga Farm and design using Unified modeling language (UML) for the recommended business processes. Customers will get product information in real-time, products can be widely recognized, and the number of Yoga Farm customers can increase. Based on the results of this study, adoption of a web-based sales information system can certainly make it easier to get the latest information quickly, can expand the market and can also facilitate customers in the transaction. For future research, this research can be used as a reference for conducting similar studies at other MSMEs to increase sales

scholarly journals Διαδικασία ανάπτυξης βιομηχανικών εφαρμογών ελέγχου και εργαλείο υποστήριξής της

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Χρήστος Τρανώρης
Keyword(s):  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
International Electrotechnical Commission ◽  
Object Constraint Language ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Function Block ◽  
Uml Profiles ◽  
Constraint Language ◽  
Function Blocks ◽  
Meta Modeling

Η αναβάθμιση της διαδικασίας ανάπτυξης εφαρμογών λογισμικού που αφορούν τον έλεγχο βιομηχανικών συστημάτων, είναι ένα θέμα που απασχολεί για δεκαετίες του μηχανικούς ελέγχου αλλά και τους μηχανικούς λογισμικού. Κατά την ανάπτυξη των βιομηχανικών εφαρμογών, οι μηχανικοί καλούνται να ικανοποιήσουν πληθώρα απαιτήσεων μεταξύ των οποίων: συμβατότητα με το υπάρχον εγκατεστημένο υλικό, συμβατότητα με τις ήδη εγκατεστημένες παλαιότερες εφαρμογές και επαναχρησιμοποίηση τμημάτων λογισμικού. Για τους παραπάνω λόγους, αναζητούνται συνεχώς λύσεις οι οποίες: θα προσφέρουν μια περισσότερο φιλική προς το μηχανικό ελέγχου διαδικασία ανάπτυξης η οποία θα υποστηρίζει επεκτασιμότητα των εφαρμογών, θα διευκολύνει την επαναχρησιμοποίηση τμημάτων του λογισμικού, θα ενισχύει την συντήρηση του λογισμικού και θα είναι ανεξάρτητη από το υλικό εκτέλεσης των βιομηχανικών συστημάτων. Η International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) για να αντιμετωπίσει τις απαιτήσεις των σύγχρονων συστημάτων δημιούργησε το πρότυπο IEC61499 το οποίο έρχεται να επεκτείνει το Function Block του IEC61131. Το IEC61499, καθορίζει μια μεθοδολογία σχεδιασμού, όπου το Function Block είναι το βασικό δομικό συστατικό για την ανάπτυξη διαλειτουργικών κατανεμημένων εφαρμογών αυτοματισμού και ελέγχου. Οι εφαρμογές ελέγχου μπορούν να υλοποιηθούν από Function Block δίκτυα διασυνδέοντας τις εισόδους και εξόδους τους. Το IEC61499 προτείνει επίσης τον σχεδιασμό εργαλείων λογισμικού για την υποστήριξη (εν μέρει αυτοματοποίηση) της διαδικασίας ανάπτυξης. Στην παρούσα διατριβή, παρουσιάζεται μια νέα προσέγγιση για τον σχεδιασμό κατανεμημένων βιομηχανικών εφαρμογών και πιο συγκεκριμένα Συστημάτων Μέτρησης και Ελέγχου Βιομηχανικών Διεργασιών1 (IPMCSs) όπως τα ορίζει το πρότυπο IEC. Η προσέγγιση εστιάζει στον ορισμό μιας μεθοδολογίας για την φάση της ανάλυσης και κύρια την τεκμηρίωση των απαιτήσεων και τον μετέπειτα μετασχηματισμό του μοντέλου ανάλυσης σε μοντέλο σχεδιασμού. Η προτεινόμενη προσέγγιση βασίζεται σε κατάλληλα οριζόμενες έννοιες και τεχνικές και αξιοποιεί τελευταίες τάσεις από το χώρο της Μηχανιστικής Λογισμικού (Software Engineering), όπως είναι η έννοια της μετα-μοντελοποίησης (Meta-modeling) όπως αυτή ορίζεται στα πλαίσια της βασισμένης σε μοντέλα ανάπτυξης (Model Driven Development) και της Unified Modeling Language (UML) και των επεκτάσεων της (UML Profiles) και εφαρμογή αυτών στο σχεδιασμό βιομηχανικών εφαρμογών. Για την ομαλή μετάβαση από τις καταγεγραμμένες απαιτήσεις σε μοντέλα σχεδιασμού τεκμηριώθηκε και παρουσιάζεται ένα σύνολο κανόνων μετασχηματισμού το οποίο περιγράφηκε αυστηρά με χρήση της Object Constraint Language. Για να αξιοποιηθεί η προτεινόμενη προσέγγιση από μηχανικούς ελέγχου, σχεδιάστηκε και υλοποιήθηκε ένα εργαλείο λογισμικού συμβατό με το πρότυπο IEC61499. Το εργαλείο που έχει το όνομα CORFU ESS έρχεται να υποστηρίξει: α) την φάση της ανάλυσης, β) τον μετασχηματισμό του μοντέλου ανάλυσης σε μοντέλο σχεδιασμού, γ) τον σχεδιασμό εφαρμογών με Function Blocks όπως ορίζει το IEC61499, δ) την κατανομή των Function Block στις συσκευές των βιομηχανικών δικτύων και ε) τον έλεγχο των τελικών Function Block δικτύων. Η προσέγγιση εφαρμόσθηκε σε μελέτες περίπτωσης για να επιδείξει την εφαρμοσιμότητα της προτεινόμενης διαδικασίας, την αποτελεσματικότητα του εργαλείου που αναπτύχθηκε και την δυνατότητα της διαδικασίας και του εργαλείου να καλύψουν απαιτήσεις μικρής ή μεγάλης κλίμακας εφαρμογών.

scholarly journals An Extended Rule of the SysML Requirement Diagram Transformation into OWL Ontologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 506-515
Author(s):  
Ahmad Ashari ◽  
◽  
Anny Sari ◽  
Helna Wardhana ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Response Time ◽  
System Modeling ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Object Property ◽  
Transformation Rules ◽  
Owl Ontology ◽  
Time Required

The System Modeling Language (SysML) used the Requirement Diagram to model non-functional requirements, such as response time, size, or system functionality, which cannot be accommodated in the Unified Modeling Language (UML). SysML Requirement Diagram, in its implementation, integrates with several diagrams describing the requirements, which are referred to as additional elements. The absence of transformation rules for these additional elements to become OWL ontology causes difficulties in reading, understanding, and tracking the requirements. In this research, an extended rule of the Requirement Diagram transformation is proposed to solve the problems. First, some transformation rules are defined to make requirements easier to trace and realize the ontology generation's automatic transformation. Second, the time required during transformation processing to prepare and generate the OWL file shows the proposed model's performance. The ontology components produced from this research, such as class, subclass, object property, and data property, can be viewed in Protégé.

B2B E-Business

2011 ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
Robert J. Mockler ◽  
Dorothy G. Dologite ◽  
Marc E. Gartenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business History ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Future Outlook ◽  
Subsequent Section ◽  
Basic Approaches ◽  
Business Requirements ◽  
Business To Business

Every organization can be viewed from two perspectives. There are external processes such as procurement and sales, and internal processes such as management and operations, finance, marketing, and human resources. This article primarily focuses on external, commercial e-business processes. B2B (business-to-business) e-business is the sale of products or services, or information exchange, among two or more businesses through electronic technology, usually involving the Internet, through a public or private exchange. The following background section gives a very brief general overview of B2B e-business history. In the main thrust of this article, we discuss making the B2B decision by examining key B2B business requirements and benefits, as well as describing basic approaches to B2B e-business implementation. In the subsequent section, the article provides a future outlook for e-business.

Rethinking the Project Management Process by Using Unified Modeling Language

2016 ◽  
pp. 497-513
Author(s):  
Liang-Cheng Chang
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Transformation Rules ◽  
Uml Diagrams

Project management skills such as WBS, Gantt Chart and PERT have been applied in many fields, but system analysts preferred UML to project tools. This chapter recommend transformation rules from project items into objects and project charts into UML diagrams, to model all project items and processes by using UML. Therefore, UML can be applied not only to system analysis and design, but also to entire project processes. Stakeholders in a project can rethink the project in terms of object orientation and communicate with system developers using the same tool as UML.

B2B E-Business

2011 ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Robert J. Mockler ◽  
Dorothy G. Dologite ◽  
Marc E. Gartenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business History ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Future Outlook ◽  
Subsequent Section ◽  
Basic Approaches ◽  
Business Requirements ◽  
Business To Business

Every organization can be viewed from two perspectives. There are external processes such as procurement and sales, and internal processes such as management and operations, finance, marketing, and human resources. This article primarily focuses on external, commercial e-business processes. B2B (business-to-business) e-business is the sale of products or services, or information exchange, among two or more businesses through electronic technology, usually involving the Internet, through a public or private exchange. The following background section gives a very brief general overview of B2B e-business history. In the main thrust of this article, we discuss making the B2B decision by examining key B2B business requirements and benefits, as well as describing basic approaches to B2B e-business implementation. In the subsequent section, the article provides a future outlook for e-business.

Modeling and Specification of Collaborative Business Processes with a MDA Approach and a UML Profile

2010 ◽  
pp. 238-268
Author(s):  
Pablo David Villarreal ◽  
Enrique Salomone ◽  
Omar Chiotti
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Conceptual Modeling ◽  
Automatic Generation ◽  
Uml Profile ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Collaborative Processes ◽  
Interaction Protocols ◽  
Business To Business

This chapter describes the application of MDA (model driven architecture) and UML for the modeling and specification of collaborative business processes, with the purpose of enabling enterprises to establish business-to-business collaborations. The proposed MDA approach provides the components and techniques required for the development of collaborative processes from their conceptual modeling to the specifications of these processes and the partners’ interfaces in a B2B standard. As part of this MDA approach, a UML profile is provided that extends the semantics of UML2 to support the analysis and design of collaborative processes. This UML profile is based on the use of interaction protocols to model collaborative processes. The application of this UML profile in a case study is presented. Also, an overview is provided about the automatic generation of B2B specifications from conceptual models of collaborative processes. In particular, the generation of B2B specifications based on ebXML is described.

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.

scholarly journals DESAIN NON-PLAYER CHARACTER PERMAINAN TIC-TAC-TOE DENGAN ALGORITMA MINIMAX

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-233
Author(s):  
Gunadi Emanuel ◽  
R. Kristoforus J. Bendi ◽  
Arieffianto Arieffianto
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Visual Basic ◽  
Software Modeling ◽  
Game Development ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Board Games ◽  
Linear Sequence ◽  
Analysis Phase

Abstract :  Tic-Tac-Toe is one of the board games. It is played by filling the columns on the board with X or O in such a way as to form parallel lines vertically, horizontally and diagonally. This study aims to design Non-Player Characters (NPC) in the tic-tac-toe game with the minimax algorithm. The Tic-tac-toe game will be designed with two game modes: easy and minimum random modes. While in minimax NPC mode will determine the best step. The game development process of the tic-tac-toe application is based on a linear sequence process model. In the analysis phase, the NPC will be designed based on the concept of minimax. Software modeling was designed using Unified Modeling Language (UML), and coded with Visual Basic programming. Our tests show that NPCs with the Minimax algorithm can work well.

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