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In a software process modeling method based upon the Organization-Entity capability, the Process-Agent is a well-defined unit whose role is to encapsulate an entity’s knowledge, skill etc. The Process-Agent’s infrastructure comprises descriptive knowledge, process knowledge and an experience library. The process knowledge is represented by process steps, whose execution determines the behaviors of the Process-Agent. This causes Process-Agent knowledge to be precisely described and well organized. In this paper, Little-JIL, a well-known process modeling language, is used to define a Process-Agent’s process knowledge. Benefits for process element knowledge representation arising from Little-JIL’s simplicity, semantic richness, expressiveness, formal and precise yet graphical syntax etc., are described.
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Xiao, J., Osterweil, L.J., Zhang, L., Wise, A., Wang, Q. (2006). Applying Little-JIL to Describe Process-Agent Knowledge in SoftPM. In: Wang, Q., Pfahl, D., Raffo, D.M., Wernick, P. (eds) Software Process Change. SPW 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3966. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11754305_24
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