An artifact-centric approach to dynamic modification of workflow execution

Wei Xu; Jianwen Su; Zhimin Yan; Jian Yang; Liang Zhang

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25109-2_17

An artifact-centric approach to dynamic modification of workflow execution

Wei Xu^*, Jianwen Su, Zhimin Yan, Jian Yang, Liang Zhang

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School of Computing

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Abstract

Being able to quickly respond to change is critical to any organizations to stay competitive in the marketplace. It is widely acknowledged that it is a necessity to provide flexibility in the process model to handle changes at both model level as well as instance level. Motivated by a business policy rich and highly dynamic business process in the real estate administration in China, we develop a dynamically modifiable workflow model. The model is based on the artifact-centric design principle as opposed to the traditional process-centric approach. Runtime execution variations can be specified as execution modification rules, which lead to deviations to the normal executions. With the support of rules and declarative constructs such as retract, skip, add, and replace, ad-hoc changes can be applied to execution at anytime depending on the runtime data and the instance status gathered through the use of artifacts in our model.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2011
Subtitle of host publication	Confederated International Conferences: CoopIS, DOA-SVI, and ODBASE 2011, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, October 17-21, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1
Editors	Robert Meersman, Tharam Dillon, Pilar Herrero, Akhil Kumar, Manfred Reichert, Li Qing, Beng-Chin Ooi, Ernesto Damiani, Douglas C. Schmidt, Jules White, Manfred Hauswirth, Pascal Hitzler, Mukesh Mohania
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	256-273
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642251092
ISBN (Print)	9783642251085
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25109-2_17
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	10th Confederated International Conferences on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2011: CoopIS, DOA-SVI, and ODBASE 2011 - Hersonissos, Crete, Greece Duration: 17 Oct 2011 → 21 Oct 2011

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Volume	7044
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	10th Confederated International Conferences on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2011: CoopIS, DOA-SVI, and ODBASE 2011
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Hersonissos, Crete
Period	17/10/11 → 21/10/11

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Xu, W., Su, J., Yan, Z., Yang, J., & Zhang, L. (2011). An artifact-centric approach to dynamic modification of workflow execution. In R. Meersman, T. Dillon, P. Herrero, A. Kumar, M. Reichert, L. Qing, B-C. Ooi, E. Damiani, D. C. Schmidt, J. White, M. Hauswirth, P. Hitzler, & M. Mohania (Eds.), On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2011: Confederated International Conferences: CoopIS, DOA-SVI, and ODBASE 2011, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, October 17-21, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1 (pp. 256-273). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 7044). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25109-2_17

Xu, Wei ; Su, Jianwen ; Yan, Zhimin et al. / An artifact-centric approach to dynamic modification of workflow execution. On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2011: Confederated International Conferences: CoopIS, DOA-SVI, and ODBASE 2011, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, October 17-21, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1. editor / Robert Meersman ; Tharam Dillon ; Pilar Herrero ; Akhil Kumar ; Manfred Reichert ; Li Qing ; Beng-Chin Ooi ; Ernesto Damiani ; Douglas C. Schmidt ; Jules White ; Manfred Hauswirth ; Pascal Hitzler ; Mukesh Mohania. Heidelberg : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011. pp. 256-273 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Xu, W, Su, J, Yan, Z, Yang, J & Zhang, L 2011, An artifact-centric approach to dynamic modification of workflow execution. in R Meersman, T Dillon, P Herrero, A Kumar, M Reichert, L Qing, B-C Ooi, E Damiani, DC Schmidt, J White, M Hauswirth, P Hitzler & M Mohania (eds), On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2011: Confederated International Conferences: CoopIS, DOA-SVI, and ODBASE 2011, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, October 17-21, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7044, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Heidelberg, pp. 256-273, 10th Confederated International Conferences on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2011: CoopIS, DOA-SVI, and ODBASE 2011, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, 17/10/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25109-2_17

An artifact-centric approach to dynamic modification of workflow execution. / Xu, Wei; Su, Jianwen; Yan, Zhimin et al.

On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2011: Confederated International Conferences: CoopIS, DOA-SVI, and ODBASE 2011, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, October 17-21, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1. ed. / Robert Meersman; Tharam Dillon; Pilar Herrero; Akhil Kumar; Manfred Reichert; Li Qing; Beng-Chin Ooi; Ernesto Damiani; Douglas C. Schmidt; Jules White; Manfred Hauswirth; Pascal Hitzler; Mukesh Mohania. Heidelberg : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011. p. 256-273 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 7044).

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Xu W, Su J, Yan Z, Yang J, Zhang L. An artifact-centric approach to dynamic modification of workflow execution. In Meersman R, Dillon T, Herrero P, Kumar A, Reichert M, Qing L, Ooi B-C, Damiani E, Schmidt DC, White J, Hauswirth M, Hitzler P, Mohania M, editors, On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2011: Confederated International Conferences: CoopIS, DOA-SVI, and ODBASE 2011, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, October 17-21, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1. Heidelberg: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2011. p. 256-273. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25109-2_17

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