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An Extensible Modeling Language for the Representation of Work Processes in the Chemical and Process Industries

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Graph Transformations and Model-Driven Engineering

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Expressive models of the work processes performed in the chemical and process industries provide a basis for diverse applications like work process documentation, analysis, and enactment. In this contribution, we present a generic modeling language for different types of work processes to allow for their integrated representation in the life cycle of a chemical plant. Further, the generic language allows for extensions specific to certain types of work processes. For two important types – design and operational processes – such extensions have been elaborated. These extensions enable the adequate representation of the context of a work process that strongly depends on the process type: for instance, the specification of a chemical plant is a product of a design process, whereas the plant takes the role of a resource during an operational process. This contribution also briefly introduces a modeling tool developed by our group for applying the modeling language in industrial practice.

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    Ri Hai, Manfred Theißen & Wolfgang Marquardt

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Hai, R., Theißen, M., Marquardt, W. (2010). An Extensible Modeling Language for the Representation of Work Processes in the Chemical and Process Industries. In: Engels, G., Lewerentz, C., Schäfer, W., Schürr, A., Westfechtel, B. (eds) Graph Transformations and Model-Driven Engineering. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5765. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17322-6_28

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