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Semantics-Based Business Process Model Similarity

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Business Information Systems (BIS 2012)

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Business process modeling has become an accepted means for designing and describing business operations. As a result, comparing and aligning business process models within and between organizations is increasingly important. However, due to differing use of modeling languages and domain languages for labeling models and their elements, model comparison is a non-trivial task. Presently, it is to be performed manually. For easing this workload, we present a novel approach for determining semantic similarity in an automated manner, directed at supporting business analysis through semantic reasoning.

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Humm, B.G., Fengel, J. (2012). Semantics-Based Business Process Model Similarity. In: Abramowicz, W., Kriksciuniene, D., Sakalauskas, V. (eds) Business Information Systems. BIS 2012. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 117. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30359-3_4

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