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Workflow Modeling using Proclets

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Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2000)

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The focus of traditional workflow management systems is on control flow within one process definition, that describes how a single case (i.e., work-flow instance) is handled in isolation. For many applications this paradigm is inadequate. Interaction between cases is at least as important. This paper introduces and advocates the use of interacting proclets, i.e., light-weight workflow processes. By promoting interactions to first-class citizens, it is possible to model complex workflows in a more natural manner, with improved expressive power and flexibility.

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  1. Department of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, NL-5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    W. M. P. van der Aalst

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 430, Boulder, CO, 80309-0430, USA

    W. M. P. van der Aalst, P. Barthelmess, C. A. Ellis & J. Wainer

  3. Department of Computer Science, State University of Campinas, Caixa Postal 6176, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    J. Wainer

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van der Aalst, W.M.P., Barthelmess, P., Ellis, C.A., Wainer, J. (2000). Workflow Modeling using Proclets. In: Scheuermann, P., Etzion, O. (eds) Cooperative Information Systems. CoopIS 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1901. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10722620_20

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