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WorkflowFM: A Logic-Based Framework for Formal Process Specification and Composition

Authors : Petros Papapanagiotou, Jacques Fleuriot

Published in: Automated Deduction – CADE 26

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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We present a logic-based system for process specification and composition named WorkflowFM. It relies on an embedding of Classical Linear Logic and the so-called proofs-as-processes paradigm within the proof assistant HOL Light. This enables the specification of abstract processes as logical sequents and their composition via formal proof. The result is systematically translated to an executable workflow with formally verified consistency, rigorous resource accounting, and deadlock freedom. The 3-tiered server/client architecture of WorkflowFM allows multiple concurrent users to interact with the system through a purely diagrammatic interface, while the proof is performed automatically on the server.

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Title: WorkflowFM: A Logic-Based Framework for Formal Process Specification and Composition
Authors: Petros Papapanagiotou
Jacques Fleuriot
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Automated Deduction – CADE 26
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-63045-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-63046-5

Copyright Year: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63046-5_22

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