A Modeling Approach for Collaborative Business Processes Based on the UP-ColBPIP Language

Villarreal, Pablo David; Lazarte, Ivanna Maricruz; Roa, Jorge; Chiotti, Omar

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-12186-9_30

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“…A methodology, which is based on a model-driven architecture (MDA) [11], was proposed to support the design and implementation of CBPs [6]. This methodology consists of three phases: analysis and design of collaborative processes, verification of collaborative processes and generation of B2B specifications.…”

Section: Mda-based Methodology For Collaborative Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…using concepts that are less bound to the implementation technology and are closer to the B2B collaboration domain. The UPColBPIP language [1], [6] is used to model technology-independent CBPs.…”

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“…To fulfill the above issues, we proposed a methodology based on a model-driven architecture (MDA) for the design [5], verification, and implementation of CBPs [5], [6]. CBPs are modeled with the UML Profile for Collaborative Business Processes based on Interaction Protocols (UPColBPIP) [5], [6] from which business process specifications can be generated B2B standards such as BPEL or WS-CDL [3].…”

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“…CBPs are modeled with the UML Profile for Collaborative Business Processes based on Interaction Protocols (UPColBPIP) [5], [6] from which business process specifications can be generated B2B standards such as BPEL or WS-CDL [3]. By using the UPColBPIP language, the behavior of CBPs is modeled through interaction protocols to represent the communicative aspects of B2B interactions.…”

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Abstract. Nowadays, organizations establish Business-to-Business (B2B) collaborations with their business partners. Inter-organizational collaboration is carried out through the execution of collaborative business processes. Organizations are requiring and undergoing the setting up of dynamic B2B collaborations, instead of conducting face-to-face negotiations and agreements for executing collaborative processes. This implies that business partners, maybe without a previous relationship, agree dynamically on the execution of collaborative processes based on predefined models of these processes. In this work, we propose an B2B collaboration platform which provides agent-based systems and interaction mechanisms in order to enable organizations to establish dynamic agreements with their partners and carry out the decentralized execution of collaborative processes. Agents use models of collaborative processes to enact them in a dynamic way. The role an organization performs in a collaborative process is translated into a Petri Net model that a collaboration agent interpret to execute the process.

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“…Para representar los modelos de procesos de integración se utiliza el lenguaje de Notación para el Modelado de Procesos de Negocio (BPMN, del inglés Business Process Model and Notation) [19]. Estos modelos son derivados mediante la aplicación de un método MDD propuesto en [20], el cual permite generar un modelo BPMN del proceso de integración de una organización, a partir de un modelo de proceso colaborativo definido con el lenguaje de Modelado de Procesos de Negocio Colaborativos basados en Protocolos de Interacción (UP-ColBPIP, del inglés UML Profile for Collaborative Business Processes based on Interaction Protocols) [21]. Esto es, un proceso colaborativo representado como un protocolo de interacción, que es utilizado como modelo de entrada para generar un diagrama de proceso BPMN que representa un proceso de integración de una organización involucrada en el proceso colaborativo.…”

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Software Agents for Management Dynamic Inter-Organizational Collaborations

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2014

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The globalization, modern markets, as well as new organizational management philosophies and advances in Information and Communications Technologies, encourage organizations to establish collaboration networks or interorganizational collaborations. In this paper we propose a technology solution based on software agents which allows supporting the management of collaborative business processes in environments dynamic inter-organizational collaborations. First, we propose a software agent platform that integrates in agent specification's the notions of Belief-Desire-Intention agent architecture with functionalities of process-aware information systems. The platform enables organizations to negotiate collaborations agreements in electronic format to establish dynamic inter-organizational collaborations and define the collaborative processes to be executed. Second, we propose a methodology that includes methods based on Model-Driven Development, which enable the generation of executable process models and the code of process-oriented agents, derived from conceptual models of collaborative processes. This methodology and methods are implemented and automated by software agents that enable the generations of these implementation artifacts, at run-time of the platform. Therefore, the platform enables the automatic generation of the technology solution that requires each organization to execute the agreed collaborative processes, where the generated artifacts are built and initialized in the platform, allowing the implementation and execution of these processes. In this way, the proposed agent-based platform allows to establish collaboration among heterogeneous and autonomous organizations focusing in the process-oriented integration.

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Measuring Complexity for Collaborative Business Processes Management

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Organizations are increasingly working on business processes improvement to meet stakeholders' requirement. Process engineering and improvement projects are challenged by identifying proper metrics to guide improvement efforts and mitigate process complexity. This latter is intuitively related to factors such as usability, modularity, reliability and maintainability. A process that is too complex is more likely to fail and produce costly quality problems. In a context of collaborative decision-making, complexity management must consider the expectations of several stakeholders, and the definition/use of suitable metrics is the starting point. The current paper identifies and uses a set of metrics to enable the evaluation of process models. The proposed metric system is used within a case study highlighting the key role of modularity in mitigating process complexity. More generally, the results show how using the metric system can support complexity mitigation and therefore performance improvement in (re)engineered processes.

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A Modeling Approach for Collaborative Business Processes Based on the UP-ColBPIP Language

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An Agent-Based B2B Collaboration Platform for Executing Collaborative Business Processes

An Agent-Based B2B Collaboration Platform for Executing Collaborative Business Processes

Software Agents for Management Dynamic Inter-Organizational Collaborations

Measuring Complexity for Collaborative Business Processes Management

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