Transforming Workflow Graphs

Transforming Workflow Graphs

Abstract

Abstract. Workflow management systems are very useful for integrating separately developed application systems by controlling flows of execution. For various purposes (e.g. distribution of activities, workflow evolution, time calculation, etc.) it is necessary to change the representation of a workflow, the structure of a workflow graph without changing it’s semantics. We provide an equivalence definition of workflow graphs and introduce a set of basic transformation operations defined on workflow graphs which keep the semantics. We show how these basic operations can be combined to achieve complex transformations and briefly describe a prototypical transformation tool.

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Authors
  • Eder, Johann
  • Gruber, Wolfgang
  • Pichler, Horst
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  • © 2005 Springer Verlag
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Category
Paper in Conference Proceedings or in Workshop Proceedings
Event Title
First International Conference on Interoperability of Enterprise Software and Applications (INTEROP-ESA 2005)
Divisions
Workflow Systems and Technology
Event Location
Genf, Switzerland
Event Type
Conference
Event Dates
2005-02-23
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Page Range
pp. 23-25
Date
February 2005
Official URL
http://www.pri.univie.ac.at/Publications/2005/Eder...
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