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Business Process Model and Notation is a standard for process modeling. However, such models do not specify the time issues such as time of performing tasks or time of utilizing the resources. We propose the complementary UML sequence model generated from the BPMN model. Such a model can support time specification and provide direct time visualization. It is also suitable for validation in terms of time matters by domain experts as well as can be used to estimate and test methods in the systems based on random examination of the critical paths.
The paper is supported by the AGH UST research grant.
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Suchenia (Mroczek), A., Kluza, K., Jobczyk, K., Wiśniewski, P., Wypych, M., Ligęza, A. (2017). Supporting BPMN Process Models with UML Sequence Diagrams for Representing Time Issues and Testing Models. In: Rutkowski, L., Korytkowski, M., Scherer, R., Tadeusiewicz, R., Zadeh, L., Zurada, J. (eds) Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing. ICAISC 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10246. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59060-8_53
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