工作流建模技术综述及其研究趋势

Survey and Research Trends of Workflow Modeling Techniques

随着工作流管理系统(业务流程管理系统)的广泛使用,工作流技术受到了越来越多的重视;与此相应,工作流建模技术的研究也受到了人们的重视。由于工作流模型在工作流技术中的核心地位,工作流建模技术得到了广泛的研究,出现了各种各样的建模技术。分析和讨论11种主流的工作流建模技术,并按照提出的分类标准对它们进行分类;对其中的某些建模技术,给出了它们核心的图形化的符号,并利用开源工具画出了它们的工作流模型例子。最后给出了工作流建模技术的研究热点和研究趋势。

With the comprehensive application of Workflow Management System(Business Process Management System),workflow technologies have drawn a great deal of attentions from researchers and practitioners,meanwhile the research of workflow modeling techniques also gets a more attentions.Since the workflow model plays a core role in workflow technologies,the workflow modeling techniques have been broadly researched,and a variety of modeling techniques are emerged.In the paper,we introduced and discussed 11 mainstream workflow modeling techniques,and classified them according to our classification standard which is proposed in the paper.For some of them,we presented their core graphical symbols and utilized the open source tool to draw the workflow model examples of them.Finally,we summarized some research hotspots and research trends for workflow modeling techniques.