Uniform modeling of resources and business processes using business entities

Rong Liu, Anil Nigam, Zhe Shan, Frederick Wu

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Abstract

Most approaches for resource management employ simplistic behavioral models of heterogeneous resources. To fully support the rich interaction between resources and business processes in a real business environment, in this paper we introduce a novel approach where resources are modeled in much the same way that we model business processes. Resources are systematically modeled as full-fledged business entities to capture resource behavior and also the interactions between resources and business processes. A service-oriented resource management architecture is developed to manage resources and support a range of resource allocation patterns and policies. This architecture can be flexibly integrated with BPM applications to enable monitoring resource utilization and optimizing resource allocation. This new approach to modeling resources sheds light on the interplay between business processes and resources.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, SCC 2011
Pages693-700
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, SCC 2011 - Washington, DC, United States
Duration: 4 Jul 20119 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, SCC 2011

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, SCC 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington, DC
Period4/07/119/07/11

Keywords

  • Business entity
  • Business process
  • Business process management
  • Resource management
  • Resource model

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