Where did I go wrong? : explaining errors in business process models

N. Lohmann; D. Fahland

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10172-9_18

Where did I go wrong? : explaining errors in business process models

N. Lohmann, D. Fahland

Process Science

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Abstract

Business process modeling is still a challenging task — especially since more and more aspects are added to the models, such as data lifecycles, security constraints, or compliance rules. At the same time, formal methods allow for a detection of errors in the early modeling phase. Detected errors are usually explained with a path from the initial to the error state. These paths can grow unmanageably and make the understanding and fixing of errors very time consuming. This paper addresses this issue and proposes a novel explanation of errors: Instead of listing the actions on the path to the error, only the decisions that lead to it are reported and highlighted in the original model. Furthermore, we exploit concurrency to create a compact artifact to explain errors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Business Process Management (12th International Conference, BPM 2014, Haifa, Israel, September 7-11, 2014. Proceedings)
Editors	S. Sadiq, P. Soffer, H. Völzer
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	283-300
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-10171-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10172-9_18
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	12th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2014 - Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 7 Sept 2014 → 11 Sept 2014 Conference number: 12 http://bpm2014.haifa.ac.il/evover.net_9090/bpm2014.html https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-15895-2

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	8659
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	12th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2014
Abbreviated title	BPM 2014
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Eindhoven
Period	7/09/14 → 11/09/14
Other	Conference was originally planned in Haifa, but due to the unstable situation in southern Israel, it was relocated to Eindhoven. BPM Demo Sessions 2014, BPMD 2014, Co-located with the 12th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2014
Internet address	http://bpm2014.haifa.ac.il/evover.net_9090/bpm2014.html https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-15895-2

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Lohmann, N., & Fahland, D. (2014). Where did I go wrong? : explaining errors in business process models. In S. Sadiq, P. Soffer, & H. Völzer (Eds.), Business Process Management (12th International Conference, BPM 2014, Haifa, Israel, September 7-11, 2014. Proceedings) (pp. 283-300). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8659). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10172-9_18

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Lohmann, N & Fahland, D 2014, Where did I go wrong? : explaining errors in business process models. in S Sadiq, P Soffer & H Völzer (eds), Business Process Management (12th International Conference, BPM 2014, Haifa, Israel, September 7-11, 2014. Proceedings). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8659, Springer, Berlin, pp. 283-300, 12th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2014, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 7/09/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10172-9_18

Where did I go wrong? : explaining errors in business process models. / Lohmann, N.; Fahland, D.
Business Process Management (12th International Conference, BPM 2014, Haifa, Israel, September 7-11, 2014. Proceedings). ed. / S. Sadiq; P. Soffer; H. Völzer. Berlin: Springer, 2014. p. 283-300 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8659).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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