On the execution of collaborative business processes


Autoria(s): Carter, B; Orlowska, M E
Contribuinte(s)

R. Bilof

Data(s)

01/01/2006

Resumo

Management of collaborative business processes that span multiple business entities has emerged as a key requirement for business success. These processes are embedded in sets of rules describing complex message-based interactions between parties such that if a logical expression defined on the set of received messages is satisfied, one or more outgoing messages are dispatched. The execution of these processes presents significant challenges since each contentrich message may contribute towards the evaluation of multiple expressions in different ways and the sequence of message arrival cannot be predicted. These challenges must be overcome in order to develop an efficient execution strategy for collaborative processes in an intensive operating environment with a large number of rules and very high throughput of messages. In this paper, we present a discussion on issues relevant to the evaluation of such expressions and describe a basic query-based method for this purpose, including suggested indexes for improved performance. We conclude by identifying several potential future research directions in this area. © 2010 IEEE. All rights reserved

Identificador

http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:104318

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

IEEE

Palavras-Chave #Collaborative computing #Query processing #Computer supported collaborative work #E1 #280103 Information Storage, Retrieval and Management #700101 Application packages #0806 Information Systems
Tipo

Conference Paper