Automation and Autonomous Systems

M. Thirumaran ¹, P. Dhavachelvan ¹, D. Balraj ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry, IN

Abstract

Many organizations of the current decade use the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) which is a standard for capturing business processes in the early phases of systems development. The mix of constructs found in BPMN makes it possible to create models with behavioral errors. Such errors are especially problematic at the levels of domain analysis and high-level systems design, because errors at these levels are among the hardest and most costly to correct. A methodology for monitoring the correctness and identification of the inherent properties of the process model is thus a desirable feature for modelling tools based on BPMN. Nevertheless, since prior studies have only examined issues related to semantic and functional model checking methods, there have been few researches that introduce and discuss the hidden properties and the behavioral relationships between the components of the model. In this paper, a robust architecture for business process property evaluation engine is proposed. This can be integrated with any Business Process Modeling framework to efficiently identify the isolated properties in the individual components of the model and visualize the runtime exceptions in the model. Evaluation of the proposed architecture with the help of the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM) shows that using this property evaluation engine, a target system can be developed with less manpower, in less time, and with higher quality than previous methods. The property evaluation mechanism improves the earlier mode of business design and further recommends the business expert to convert the functionality into an optimized one. This is a new research dimension which paves way for the certainty of the easy maintenance and re-engineering of business processes in future.

Keywords

Business Process Modeling Notation, Business Process Property Evaluation Engine, Business Process Re-Engineering.

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M. Thirumaran ¹, D. Kiran Kumar Reddy ², Karthiek Maralla ²

Affiliations
1 Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry, IN
2 Tata Consultancy Service, Chennai, IN

Abstract

In today’s highly competitive market place business analyst need to be able to cope with the growing demand for new services and react at lightning speed to new customer requirements. It has always been a question that whether the decided business logic is computable, reusable and maintainable with low cost and time.Business analyst can propose different business logic but deciding optimal business solution from the proposed logic is the key challenge where the business expert needs to concentrate on. This business logic modeling technique gives best business solution to the web service developer as a quality measure by analyzing the computational power of business functions involved in complex business logic. This paper preciously introduces new business functions derived from traditional primitive recursive function called Primitive Business Functions (PBF). PBF are mathematical functions which has recursive power and ability to act as initial, composite and recursive in nature. Primitive Business Function (PBF) breaks the complexity of complex business logic by partitioning it into number of business functions and represents them as initial, composite and μ-recursion in order to develop, reuse and maintain the web services associated with the business logic. We also provide an algorithm called Primitive Business Function Adapter Algorithm which can be easily build and adopted into N-tier service oriented E-business applications. We experimented the proposed algorithm as one of the tier in E-Banking web service development environment and observed the performance and reusable benefits of implementing decomposed business functions as web services rather than implementing the bounded business logic.

Keywords

Primitive Business Function, Business Logic, E-Business, Recursive Function.

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