Generating Subject-Oriented Process Models from Ad-Hoc Interactions of Cognitive Agents

To flexibly adapt business processes to changing requirements and new opportunities, it is often necessary to allow ad-hoc deviations from pre-defined process models. Agent systems can provide the autonomous behaviour needed for engaging in new interactions that were not included in the initial proc...

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Published in2014 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conferences on Web Intelligence (WI) and Intelligent Agent Technologies (IAT) Vol. 3; pp. 440 - 446
Main Authors Kannengiesser, Udo, Radmayr, Markus, Heininger, Richard, Meyer, Nils
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2014
Subjects
ad-hoc processes
Adaptation models
agent-based business processes
Business
Function-Behaviour-Structure (FBS) ontology
Law
Ontologies
S-BPM
Skeleton
User interfaces
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Summary:To flexibly adapt business processes to changing requirements and new opportunities, it is often necessary to allow ad-hoc deviations from pre-defined process models. Agent systems can provide the autonomous behaviour needed for engaging in new interactions that were not included in the initial process model. However, the issue arises how these ad-hoc interactions can be captured for purposes of governance and process improvement. This paper presents an approach for generating subject-oriented process models from the cognitive models used by agents while interacting. It is based on the function-behaviour-structure (FBS) model of agents and its mapping onto key concepts of subject-oriented process modelling. We illustrate the approach using a mock-up implementation.
DOI:10.1109/WI-IAT.2014.200