A Pattern Based Approach to Workflow Structure Analysis

摘要：

Reference workflow model are a popular tool for business process reengineering (BPR). A good reference workflow model should not contain structural problems, e.g. deadlock or unfinished instances. Therefore, the structure of the reference workflow model should be verified to effectively facilitate BPR projects and reduce the errors of workflow system implementation. This work presents a novel pattern-based Petri Net (PN) structural analytical approach. Several workflow patterns and their PN-based identification algorithms are also developed. An approach to transform a PN model into a pattern-based process diagram (PBPD) is specified. Via the PBPD, several structure-related flaws, such as deadlock and improper nesting, are analyzed using a Split-Join Routing Table (SJRT). The PBPD can also reduce the complexity of a PN model and enhance the analytical efficiency. Finally, an industrial reference model is used as an empirical case to verify the proposed approach.

作者: H.J.Cheng C.Ou-Yang Y.C.Juan

作者单位: Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei City, Taiwan

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2011 IEEE 18th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management(2011 IEEE 第十八届工业工程与工程管理国际会议 IEEM2011)

会议地点: 长春

会议语种:英文

页码: 2145-2149

在线出版日期: 2011-09-03（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）