Petri nets with clocks for the analytical validation of business process

  • Authors:
  • Gabriel Vilallonga;Daniel Riesco;Germán Montejano;Roberto Uzal

  • Affiliations:
  • Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina;Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina;Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina;Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina

  • Venue:
  • Practicing software engineering in the 21st century
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

This chapter introduces a theoretical frame for the Process Definition (PD) validation in Workflow or in those processes with temporal restrictions. The Interface 1 of Workflow makes the PD of the Work Flow Reference Model. This interface combined with Petri Nets with Clocks (PNwC) allows the formalization and verification of systems, based on the Petri Net theory and the extension. This extension allows the specification of temporal requirements via clocks specification, using temporal invariants for the places and temporal conditions in the transitions.In this chapter we present a technique to validate the Process Definition (PD) by means of PNwC. The algorithm for the analysis of a PNwC allows correction of errors in the modeling of the time variable. The algorithm generates information about temporal unreachable states and process deadlocks with temporal blocks. Also, it corrects activities invariants and transitions conditions.