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This work presents a fully elaborated ontology, defined via the Ontology Web Language (OWL), of the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) standard to define business process models, and we demonstrate that any BPMN model can be…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-05-03 Robert Singer

Validating process model against corresponding requirements is one of the most important problems in domain of collaborative processes. In this paper collaborative processes are modeled using the interaction view of BPMN 2.0 standard. Then,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-07-29 Amir Ebrahimifard , Mostafa Khoramabadi Arani , Mohammad Javad Amiri , Saeed Parsa

Business process models are essential for the representation, analysis, and execution of organizational processes, serving as orchestration blueprints while relying on (web) services to implement individual tasks. At the representation…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Ahmed Awad , Feras Awaysheh , Hugo A. López

Several BPMN graphical tools support, at least partly, the OMG's BPMN specification. The BPMN standard is an essential guide for tools' makers when implementing the rules regarding depiction of BPMN diagrammatic constructs. Process modelers…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-01-18 Anacleto Correia

Currently many different modeling languages are used for workflow definitions in BPM systems. Authors of this paper analyze the two most popular graphical languages, with highest possibility of wide practical usage - UML Activity diagrams…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Audris Kalnins , Valdis Vitolins

In this paper we present a modeling methodology for BPMN, the standard notation for the representation of business processes. Our methodology simplifies the development of collaborative BPMN diagrams, enabling the automated creation of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2009-07-08 Matteo Buferli , Matteo Magnani , Danilo Montesi

In Business Process Management (BPM), process modelling has been solved in various ways. However, there are no commonly accepted modelling tools (languages). Some of them are criticized for their inability to capture both the lifecycle,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Milliam Maxime Zekeng Ndadji , Maurice Tchoupé Tchendji , Clémentin Tayou Djamegni , Didier Parigot

For business process modeling, we can choose between graph-oriented and block-oriented languages. Block-oriented languages are more structured and therefore better understandable for domain experts, while graph-oriented languages allow more…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Kathrin Kirchner , Siniša Nešković , Dejan Stojimirović

In the rapidly evolving digital business landscape, organizations increasingly need to collaborate across boundaries to achieve complex business objectives, requiring both efficient process coordination and flexible decision-making…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Xinzhe Shen , Jiale Luo , Hao Wang , Mingyi Liu , Schahram Dustdar , Zhongjie Wang

Sharing process models on the web has emerged as a common practice. Users can collect and share their experimental process models with others. However, some users always feel confused about the shared process models for lack of necessary…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-08-23 Chen Qian , Lijie Wen , Akhil Kumar

Automated generation of executable Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) models from natural-language specifications is increasingly enabled by large language models. However, ambiguous or underspecified text can yield structurally…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Ion Matei , Praveen Kumar Menaka Sekar , Maksym Zhenirovskyy , Hon Yung Wong , Sayuri Kohmura , Shinji Hotta , Akihiro Inomata

Nowadays, business enterprises often need to dynamically reconfigure their internal processes in order to improve the efficiency of the business flow. However, modifications of the workflow usually lead to several problems in terms of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-07-05 Juan Carlos Polanco Aguilar , Koji Hasebe , Manuel Mazzara , Kazuhiko Kato

A range of integrated modeling approaches have been developed to enable a holistic representation of business process logic together with all relevant business rules. These approaches address inherent problems with separate documentation of…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Tianwa Chen , Barbara Weber , Graeme Shanks , Gianluca Demartini , Marta Indulska , Shazia Sadiq

BPMN 2.0 standard has a huge uptake in modelling business processes within the same organisation or collaborations involving multiple interacting participants. It results that providing a solid foundation to enable BPMN designers to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Flavio Corradini , Chiara Muzi , Barbara Re , Francesco Tiezzi

Business process management (BPM) and accompanying systems aim at enabling enterprises to become adaptive. In spite of the dependency of enterprises on secure business processes, BPM languages and techniques provide only little support for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2012-04-06 Jörn Eichler

The thesis discusses topics related to the development of business process management systems. Business process management systems have evolved on the basis of workflow management systems through incremental inclusion of standard…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-04-04 Valdis Vitolins

A core component of any AI-Augmented Business Process Management System (ABPMS) is the process frame, which gives the system process-awareness and defines the boundaries in which the system must operate. Compared to traditional process…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Anti Alman , Izack Cohen , Avigdor Gal , Fabrizio Maria Maggi , Marco Montali

Business Process Management Systems (BPMS) represent a technology that automates business processes, connecting users to their tasks. There are many business processes within the port activity that can be improved through the use of more…

General Economics · Economics 2023-12-04 Alicia Martin-Navarro , Maria Paula Lechuga Sancho , Jose Aurelio Medina-Garrido

Process digitization and integration is an increasing need for enterprises, while cyber-attacks denote a growing threat. Using the Business Process Management Notation (BPMN) is common to handle the digital and integration focus within and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Simon Hacks , Robert Lagerström , Daniel Ritter

The creation of Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) models is a complex and time-consuming task requiring both domain knowledge and proficiency in modeling conventions. Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Chantale Lauer , Peter Pfeiffer , Alexander Rombach , Nijat Mehdiyev