Automated Assessment Through Integration of Heterogeneous Systems with a Workflow Engine

Report published in the Proceedings of the National Conference on "Education and Research in the Information Society", Plovdiv, May, 2015

The paper presents a method for integration of heterogeneous systems through workflows. Fundamental problems concerning the problem are reviewed and methodology is proposed. The suggested multilayer abstract architecture supports integration of heterogeneous systems with a workflow engine. We have created a custom workflow PHP framework, named Tiny Workflow Management PHP Framework (TinyWfFrm). Each state node in the workflow is logically connected to a web method in heterogeneous systems. A prototype containing work-flow definitions for student and teacher users is presented.

Association for the Development of the Information Society, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"