Transformation of BPMN Models for Behaviour Analysis

Ivo Raedts, Marija Petković, Yaroslav S. Usenko, Jan Martijn van der Werf, Jan Friso Groote, Lou Somers

2007

Abstract

In industry, many business processes are modeled and stored in Enterprise Information Systems (EIS). Tools supporting the verification and validation of business processes can help to improve the quality of these business processes. However, existing tools can not directly be applied to models used in industry. In this paper, we present our approach for model verification and validation: translating industrial models to Petri nets and mCRL2, and subsequently applying existing tools on the models derived from the initial industrial models. The following translations are described: BPMN models to Petri nets and Petri nets to mCRL2. It is shown what the analysis on the derived models can reveal about the original models.

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Raedts I., Petković M., S. Usenko Y., Martijn van der Werf J., Friso Groote J. and Somers L. (2007). Transformation of BPMN Models for Behaviour Analysis . In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2007) ISBN 978-972-8865-95-5, pages 126-137. DOI: 10.5220/0002428801260137


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@conference{msvveis07,
author={Ivo Raedts and Marija Petković and Yaroslav S. Usenko and Jan Martijn van der Werf and Jan Friso Groote and Lou Somers},
title={Transformation of BPMN Models for Behaviour Analysis},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2007)},
year={2007},
pages={126-137},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002428801260137},
isbn={978-972-8865-95-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2007)
TI - Transformation of BPMN Models for Behaviour Analysis
SN - 978-972-8865-95-5
AU - Raedts I.
AU - Petković M.
AU - S. Usenko Y.
AU - Martijn van der Werf J.
AU - Friso Groote J.
AU - Somers L.
PY - 2007
SP - 126
EP - 137
DO - 10.5220/0002428801260137