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The pi-calculus is a model of concurrent computation, which can express communication between correlation processes. It provides a way of constructing systems in a bottom-up manner by composing subsystems, and it also has strict formal semantics. Therefore, pi-calculus is very suitable for designing business processes which are presently becoming more and more complicated. The paper proposes a composition-oriented approach to business process design based on pi-calculus theory and gives the formal definition of business process. It also illustrates the design method by simulating an example of order processing. By this method, a complicated business process can be divided into several independent simple sub-modules, which can greatly reduce the complexity of business process design.
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Zhang, J., Wang, H. (2007). A Pi-calculus-Based Business Process Formal Design Method. In: Shen, W., Luo, J., Lin, Z., Barthès, JP.A., Hao, Q. (eds) Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design III. CSCWD 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4402. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72863-4_36
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