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Resolution of Compliance Violation in Business Process Models: A Planning-Based Approach

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On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2009 (OTM 2009)

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Keeping business processes compliant with regulations is of major importance for companies. Considering the huge number of models each company possesses, automation of compliance maintenance becomes essential. Therefore, many approaches focused on automation of various aspects of compliance problem, e.g., compliance verification. Such techniques allow localizing the problem within the process model. However, they are not able to resolve the violations. In this paper we address the problem of (semi) automatic violation resolution, addressing violations of execution ordering compliance rules. We build upon previous work in categorizing the violations into types and employ automated planning to ensure compliance. The problem of choosing the concrete resolution strategy is addressed by the concept of context.

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  1. Business Process Technology Group, Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam, D-14482, Potsdam, Germany

    Ahmed Awad, Sergey Smirnov & Mathias Weske

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Awad, A., Smirnov, S., Weske, M. (2009). Resolution of Compliance Violation in Business Process Models: A Planning-Based Approach. In: Meersman, R., Dillon, T., Herrero, P. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2009. OTM 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5870. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05148-7_4

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