Modelling and executing complex and dynamic business processes by reification of agent interactions

Marco Stuit; Nick B. Szirbik

Modelling and executing complex and dynamic business processes by reification of agent interactions

Marco Stuit^*, Nick B. Szirbik

^*Corresponding author for this work

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

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Abstract

Interaction refers to an abstract and intangible concept. In modelling, intangible concepts can be embodied and made explicit. This allows to manipulate the abstractions and to build predictable designs. Business processes in organisations are in fact reducible to interactions, especially when agent-oriented modelling methods are employed. Business processes represented as interaction structures can appear at different levels of abstraction. There is a compositional coupling between these levels, and this necessitates a method that allows dynamic de/re-composition of hierarchically organised interactions. We introduce the novel concepts that allow interaction-based diagramming and explain the syntax and semantics of these constructs. Finally, we argue that a business process composition with interactions allows more organisational flexibility and agent autonomy, providing a better approach in complex and dynamic situations than current solutions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Engineering Societies in the Agents World VII
Editors	GMP O'Hare, A Ricci, MJ OGrady, O Dirkenelli
Place of Publication	BERLIN
Publisher	Springer
Pages	106-125
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-75522-7
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	7th International Workshop on Engineering Societies in the Agents World - , Ireland Duration: 6-Sept-2006 → 8-Sept-2006

Publication series

Name	LECTURE NOTES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Publisher	SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN
Volume	4457
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Other

Other	7th International Workshop on Engineering Societies in the Agents World
Country/Territory	Ireland
Period	06/09/2006 → 08/09/2006

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Stuit, M & Szirbik, NB 2007, Modelling and executing complex and dynamic business processes by reification of agent interactions. in GMP O'Hare, A Ricci, MJ OGrady & O Dirkenelli (eds), Engineering Societies in the Agents World VII. LECTURE NOTES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, vol. 4457, Springer, BERLIN, pp. 106-125, 7th International Workshop on Engineering Societies in the Agents World, Ireland, 06/09/2006.

Modelling and executing complex and dynamic business processes by reification of agent interactions. / Stuit, Marco; Szirbik, Nick B.
Engineering Societies in the Agents World VII. ed. / GMP O'Hare; A Ricci; MJ OGrady; O Dirkenelli. BERLIN: Springer, 2007. p. 106-125 (LECTURE NOTES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; Vol. 4457).

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