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Refactor Business Process Models for Efficiency Improvement

Authors : Fei Dai, Miao Liu, Qi Mo, Bi Huang, Tong Li

Published in: Cloud Computing, Smart Grid and Innovative Frontiers in Telecommunications

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Since business processes describe the core value chain of enterprises, thousands of business processes are modeled in business process models. A problem is how to improve the efficiency of these models. In this paper, we propose an approach to refactor these models for efficiency improvement. More specifically, we first identify false sequence relations that affect model efficiency based on the sequence relation matrix and the dependency relation matrix. Second, we refactor a business process model by constructing and transforming a dependency graph without altering its output result. After refactoring, the concurrent execution of business tasks in the original models can be maximized such that its efficiency can be improved. Experimental results show the effectiveness of our approach.

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Title: Refactor Business Process Models for Efficiency Improvement
Authors: Fei Dai
Miao Liu
Qi Mo
Bi Huang
Tong Li
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Cloud Computing, Smart Grid and Innovative Frontiers in Telecommunications
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-48512-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-48513-9

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48513-9_37

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