Modeling IoT-aware business processes: a state of the art report

N. Brouns, Samir Tata, Heiko Ludwig, E. Serral Asensio, P.W.P.J. Grefen

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Abstract

This research report presents an analysis of the state of the art of modeling Internet of Things (IoT)-aware business processes. IOT links the physical world to the digital world. Traditionally, we would find information about events and processes in the physical world in the digital world entered by humans and humans using this information to control the physical world. In the IoT paradigm, the physical world is equipped with sensors and actuators to create a direct link with the digital world. Business processes are used to coordinate a complex environment including multiple actors for a common goal, typically in the context of administrative work. In the past few years, we have seen research efforts on the possibilities to model IoT- aware business processes, extending process coordination to real world entities directly. This set of research efforts is relatively small when compared to the overall research effort into the IoT and much of the work is still in the early research stage. To create a basis for a bridge between IoT and BPM, the goal of this report is to collect and analyze the state of the art of existing frameworks for modeling IoT-aware business processes.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationSan Jose
PublisherIBM Research Division
Number of pages42
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Publication series

NameIBM Research Reports
PublisherIBM
No. RJ 10540

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