Paradigm for Decentralized Process Modeling

Ben-Shaul, Israel; Kaiser, Gail

ISBN 10: 0792396316 / ISBN 13: 9780792396314

Editore: Springer, 1995

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• Titolo: Paradigm for Decentralized Process Modeling
• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0792396316
• ISBN 13: 9780792396314
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: As New

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Riassunto

A Paradigm for Decentralized Process Modeling presents a novel approach to decentralized process modeling that combines both trends and suggests a paradigm for decentralized PCEs, supporting concerted efforts among geographically-dispersed teams - each local individual or team with its own autonomous process - with emphasis on flexible control over the degree of collaboration versus autonomy provided. A key guideline in this approach is to supply abstraction mechanisms whereby pre-existing processes (or workflows) can be encapsulated and retain security of their internal artifacts and status data, while agreeing with other processes on formal interfaces through which all their interactions are conducted on intentionally shared information.
This book is primarily intended to provide an in-depth discussion of decentralized process modeling and enactment technology, covering both high-level concepts and a full-blown realization of these concepts in a concrete system. Either the whole book or selected chapters could be used in a graduate course on software engineering, software process, or software development environments, or even for a course on workflow systems outside computer science (e.g., in a classical engineering department for engineering design, or in a business school for business practices or enterprise-wide management, or in the medical informatics department of a health science institution concerned with computer-assistance for managed care). Selected portions of the book, such as section 2.2 on Marvel, could also be employed as a case study in advanced undergraduate software engineering courses.
A Paradigm for Decentralized Process Modeling is a valuable resource for both researchers and practitioners, particularly in software engineering, software development environments, and software process and workflow management, but also in electrical, mechanical, civil and other areas of engineering which have analogous needs for design processes, environmental support and concurrent engineering, and beyond to private and public sector workflow management and control, groupware support, and heterogeneous distributed systems in general.

Contenuti

List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Previous and Related Work. 3. The Decentralized Model. 4. Realization of the Decentralized Model in OZ. 5. Architectural Support for Decentralization in OZ. 6. The ISPW Example: Validation and Methodology Issues. 7. Summary, Evaluation, and Future Work. A: Configuration Process Sources. B: The ISPW-9 Problem: Definition and Solution in OZ. References. Index.