Checking Properties of Business Process Models with Logic Programming

Volker Gruhn, Ralf Laue

2007

Abstract

Logic programming has been successfully used for reasoning about various kinds of models. However, in the area of business-process modeling it has not yet gained the attention it deserves. In this article, we give some examples how logical programming can be exploited for verifying or finding properties of graphical models that are used by business process modelers, for example event driven process chains (EPC)[1], UML activity diagrams[2], BPMN[3] or YAWL[4]. We show how the approach works on different properties of business process models, including semantic (structural) correctness and modeling style.

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Gruhn V. and Laue R. (2007). Checking Properties of Business Process Models with Logic Programming . 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 84-93. DOI: 10.5220/0002413100840093


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@conference{msvveis07,
author={Volker Gruhn and Ralf Laue},
title={Checking Properties of Business Process Models with Logic Programming},
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={84-93},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002413100840093},
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 - Checking Properties of Business Process Models with Logic Programming
SN - 978-972-8865-95-5
AU - Gruhn V.
AU - Laue R.
PY - 2007
SP - 84
EP - 93
DO - 10.5220/0002413100840093