Classification of business process correspondences and associated integration operators

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Abstract

Integration of business processes requires the integration of both the structure and behaviour of the data objects involved. Research in federated information systems has so far mainly addressed integration of object structure or if based on behavior representation, assumed identity of the lower level operations to be integrated. Based on earlier work that showed how a fine differentiation between the possible semantic correspondences could be used to improve the classification process, in this paper we examine business processes from the perspective of a prospective integration tool or designer and likewise provide a classification of different types of similarities between the activities in a process. From this classification, we develop a set of options for integration of business processes and, going to a more detailed level, present the set of choices available depending on particular types of correspondences between the activities of the processes that are to be integrated.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Conceptual Modeling Approaches for e-Business (eCOMO 2004), Fukuoka, Shanghai, China, November 8-12, 2004
EditorsShan Wang, Katsumi Tanaka, Shuigeng Zhou, Tok Wang Ling, Jihong Guan, Dongqing Yang, Fabio Grandi, Eleni Mangina, Il-Yeol Song, Heinrich C. Mayr
Place of PublicationDeutschland
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages653-666
Number of pages14
Volume3289
ISBN (Print)3540237224, 9783540237228
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2004

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3289
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Fields of science

  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 102015 Information systems

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