Workflow management is an important aspect in CSCW at present. The elementary knowledge of workflow process is introduced, the Petri nets based process modeling methodology and basic definitions are provided, and the ...Workflow management is an important aspect in CSCW at present. The elementary knowledge of workflow process is introduced, the Petri nets based process modeling methodology and basic definitions are provided, and the analysis and verification of structural and behavioral correctness of workflow process are discussed. Finally, the algorithm of verification of process definitions is proposed.展开更多
To align customer demand with suppliers for reducing work in process and supply costs and increasing re sp onsiveness to customer requirements, a real time collaborative supply chain mana gement system is essential...To align customer demand with suppliers for reducing work in process and supply costs and increasing re sp onsiveness to customer requirements, a real time collaborative supply chain mana gement system is essential. A solution to the realization of supply chain manage ment capable of timely responding to customer requirements is proposed. Workflow automation is used to manage process interaction across enterprises; Agents can be automatically invoked by supply chain workflow process and are used to pro mote the flexibility and reconfigurability by providing the mechanism in support of distributed compution in an enterprises to meet the requirements of performa nce and business dynamics. An approach that supports agent based workflow proce ss in a supply chain is proposed. And the coordination mechanism between agents is also discussed.展开更多
On the basis of PDM(product data management) definition and its connotation, the factors to ensure implementation success are analyzed. The definition phase, analysis phase, design phase, build and test phase, and pos...On the basis of PDM(product data management) definition and its connotation, the factors to ensure implementation success are analyzed. The definition phase, analysis phase, design phase, build and test phase, and post production phase during PDM implementation are described. The implementation is divided into ten processes, which consist of the above different phases. The relationships between phases and processes are illustrated. Finally, a workflow is proposed to guide the implementing at a fixed price.展开更多
The interactive task allocation process between workflow management system(WFMS) and resources in real bussiness is analyzed. A series of fundamental workflow resource allocation patterns (WRAPs) are identified. T...The interactive task allocation process between workflow management system(WFMS) and resources in real bussiness is analyzed. A series of fundamental workflow resource allocation patterns (WRAPs) are identified. These patterns provide the basis for the design of the more adaptive workflow system. A WRAP framework is proposed to provide a referenced classification system for further pattern extensions.展开更多
As a variant of process algebra, π calculus can describe the interactions between evolving processes. By modeling activity as a process interacting with other processes through ports, this paper presents a new appro...As a variant of process algebra, π calculus can describe the interactions between evolving processes. By modeling activity as a process interacting with other processes through ports, this paper presents a new approach: representing workflow models using π calculus. As a result, the model can characterize the dynamic behaviors of the workflow process in terms of the LTS (Labeled Transition Semantics) semantics of π calculus. The main advantage of the workflow model's formal semantic is that it allows for verification of the model's properties, such as deadlock free and normal termination. Moreover, the equivalence of workflow models can be checked through weak bisimulation theorem in the π calculus, thus facilitating the optimization of business processes.展开更多
Presence of fine dust in air causes serious health hazard for mine operators resulting in such serious problems as coal workers’pneumoconiosis and silicosis.Major sources of dust appear of course along the mining fac...Presence of fine dust in air causes serious health hazard for mine operators resulting in such serious problems as coal workers’pneumoconiosis and silicosis.Major sources of dust appear of course along the mining face where the minerals are extracted.Proper control and management are required to ensure safe working environment in the mine.Here,we utilize the computational fluid dynamic(CFD)approach to evaluate various methods used for mitigating dust dispersion from the mining face and for ensuring safe level of dust concentration in the mine tunnel for safety of the operators.The methods used include:application of blowing and exhaust fans,application of brattice and combination of both.The results suggest that among the examined methods,implementation of appropriately located brattice to direct the flow from the main shaft to the mining face is the most effective method to direct dust particles away from the mining face.展开更多
A great deal of benefits can be achieved if information and process are integrated within the building design project. This paper aims to establish a prototype of workflow management system for construction design pro...A great deal of benefits can be achieved if information and process are integrated within the building design project. This paper aims to establish a prototype of workflow management system for construction design project through the application of workflow technology. The composition and function of prototype is presented to satisfy the needs of information share and process integration. By integrating all subsystems and modules of the prototype, the whole system can deal with design information-flow modeling, emulating and optimizing, task planning and distributing, automatic tracking and monitoring, as well as network service, etc. In this way, the collaborative design environment of building design proiect is brought into being.展开更多
In the context of workflow systems, security-relevant aspect is related to the assignment of activities to (human or automated) agents. This paper intends to cast light on the management of project-oriented workflow. ...In the context of workflow systems, security-relevant aspect is related to the assignment of activities to (human or automated) agents. This paper intends to cast light on the management of project-oriented workflow. A comprehensive authorization model is proposed from the perspective of project management. In this model, the concept of activity decomposition and team is introduced, which improves the security of conventional role-based access control. Furthermore, policy is provided to define the static and dynamic constraints such as Separation of Duty (SoD). Validity of constraints is proposed to provide a fine-grained assignment, which improves the performance of policy management. The model is applicable not only to project-oriented workflow applications but also to other teamwork environments such as virtual enterprise.展开更多
The development of the logistics work is one of the indispensable important components in the whole construction and development process of colleges and universities. The effective development of the logistics work ca...The development of the logistics work is one of the indispensable important components in the whole construction and development process of colleges and universities. The effective development of the logistics work can lay a solid, powerful foundation for the implementation of the main functions and the education and teaching activities, and also can provide a reliable guarantee for the teaching management work. Therefore, the important significance and value of the logistics management work in colleges and universities are seen. According to the actual situation, in this paper, the logistics work in colleges and universities is deeply considered and discussed, and the main problems in the present logistics management are studied based on fully understanding the logistics management specialties, and then the measures and methods for solving the above problems are proposed. Hopefully, a due effect is played on the quality of the logistics management in colleges and universities at the present time.展开更多
In recent years, staff turnover has become a common problem for each company. In this paper, taking Shanghai Red Express Co. for example, on the basis of famous Western scholars Price-Mueller (2000) model, anaiyzing...In recent years, staff turnover has become a common problem for each company. In this paper, taking Shanghai Red Express Co. for example, on the basis of famous Western scholars Price-Mueller (2000) model, anaiyzing the impact ofemployee turnover variable, such as salary and welfare is lower than expected, work pressure, lack of promotion opportunities, the company management confusion, etc, and then proposed targeted measures to reduce the rate of turnover and retain talent for the company, such as establishing scientific and reasonable salary system, improve the working environment, to establish a reasonable training system and career development path.展开更多
The specification of authorization policies in access control models proposed so far cannot satisfy the requirements in workflow management systems(WFMSs).Furthermore,existing approaches have not provided effective co...The specification of authorization policies in access control models proposed so far cannot satisfy the requirements in workflow management systems(WFMSs).Furthermore,existing approaches have not provided effective conflict detection and resolution methods to maintain the consistency of authorization polices in WFMSs.To address these concerns,we propose the definition of authorization policies in which context constraints are considered and the complicated requirements in WFMSs can be satisfied.Based on the definition,we put forward static and dynamic conflict detection methods for authorization policies.By defining two new concepts,the precedence establishment rule and the conflict resolution policy,we provide a flexible approach to resolving conflicts.展开更多
In recent years, it has been demonstrated that checklists can improve patient safety significantly. To facilitate the effective use of checklists in daily practice, both the medical community and the informatics commu...In recent years, it has been demonstrated that checklists can improve patient safety significantly. To facilitate the effective use of checklists in daily practice, both the medical community and the informatics community propose to implement checklists in dynamic checklist applications that can be integrated into the clinical workflow and that is specific to the patient context. However, it is difficult to develop such applications because they are tightly intertwined with the content of specific checklists. We propose a platform that enables access to dynamic checklist applications by configuring the infrastructures provided in the platform. Then, the applications can be developed without time-consuming programming work. We define a number of design criteria regarding point of care and clinical processes by analyzing the existing checklist applications and the lessons learned from implementations.Then, by applying rule-based clinical decision support and workflow management technologies, we design technical mechanisms to satisfy the design criteria. A dynamic checklist application platform is designed based on these mechanisms. Finally, we build a platform in various design cycle iterations, driven by multiple clinical cases. By applying the platform, we develop nine comprehensive dynamic checklist applications with 242 dynamic checklists.The results demonstrate both the feasibility and the overall generic nature of the proposed approach. We propose a novel platform for configuring dynamic checklist applications. This platform satisfies the general requirements and can be easily configured to satisfy different scenarios in which safety checklists are used.展开更多
Flexibility plays an important part in the application of the workflow management system and has become one of the major research hotspots in this field recently. When adapting a workflow process definition to specifi...Flexibility plays an important part in the application of the workflow management system and has become one of the major research hotspots in this field recently. When adapting a workflow process definition to specific needs or changing the structure of the workflow process as a result of evolutionary change, coarse-grained reuse of work- flow is of significance to the reduction of the work effort, modeling system and enhancing the reliability of their work. Based on decomposition of workflow tasks and teamwork, this paper proposes an approach to describing interoperability behavior between roles in teamwork by using activity-pattern. In activity-pattern, abstract mechanisms of activity specialization and activity aggregation are presented, enabling reuse of workflow by means of reuse of interoperability behavior between roles. The experimental system shows that our approach presented is feasible.展开更多
文摘Workflow management is an important aspect in CSCW at present. The elementary knowledge of workflow process is introduced, the Petri nets based process modeling methodology and basic definitions are provided, and the analysis and verification of structural and behavioral correctness of workflow process are discussed. Finally, the algorithm of verification of process definitions is proposed.
文摘To align customer demand with suppliers for reducing work in process and supply costs and increasing re sp onsiveness to customer requirements, a real time collaborative supply chain mana gement system is essential. A solution to the realization of supply chain manage ment capable of timely responding to customer requirements is proposed. Workflow automation is used to manage process interaction across enterprises; Agents can be automatically invoked by supply chain workflow process and are used to pro mote the flexibility and reconfigurability by providing the mechanism in support of distributed compution in an enterprises to meet the requirements of performa nce and business dynamics. An approach that supports agent based workflow proce ss in a supply chain is proposed. And the coordination mechanism between agents is also discussed.
文摘On the basis of PDM(product data management) definition and its connotation, the factors to ensure implementation success are analyzed. The definition phase, analysis phase, design phase, build and test phase, and post production phase during PDM implementation are described. The implementation is divided into ten processes, which consist of the above different phases. The relationships between phases and processes are illustrated. Finally, a workflow is proposed to guide the implementing at a fixed price.
文摘The interactive task allocation process between workflow management system(WFMS) and resources in real bussiness is analyzed. A series of fundamental workflow resource allocation patterns (WRAPs) are identified. These patterns provide the basis for the design of the more adaptive workflow system. A WRAP framework is proposed to provide a referenced classification system for further pattern extensions.
文摘As a variant of process algebra, π calculus can describe the interactions between evolving processes. By modeling activity as a process interacting with other processes through ports, this paper presents a new approach: representing workflow models using π calculus. As a result, the model can characterize the dynamic behaviors of the workflow process in terms of the LTS (Labeled Transition Semantics) semantics of π calculus. The main advantage of the workflow model's formal semantic is that it allows for verification of the model's properties, such as deadlock free and normal termination. Moreover, the equivalence of workflow models can be checked through weak bisimulation theorem in the π calculus, thus facilitating the optimization of business processes.
基金financially supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) through Minerals Metals and Materials Technology Centre (M3TC) (No.R261501013414)
文摘Presence of fine dust in air causes serious health hazard for mine operators resulting in such serious problems as coal workers’pneumoconiosis and silicosis.Major sources of dust appear of course along the mining face where the minerals are extracted.Proper control and management are required to ensure safe working environment in the mine.Here,we utilize the computational fluid dynamic(CFD)approach to evaluate various methods used for mitigating dust dispersion from the mining face and for ensuring safe level of dust concentration in the mine tunnel for safety of the operators.The methods used include:application of blowing and exhaust fans,application of brattice and combination of both.The results suggest that among the examined methods,implementation of appropriately located brattice to direct the flow from the main shaft to the mining face is the most effective method to direct dust particles away from the mining face.
基金Supported by the Doctorate Degree Program Foundation of the State Education Ministry (yu ji[2003] 172 ) and the Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars under the State Education Ministry (jiao wai si[2003] 14)
文摘A great deal of benefits can be achieved if information and process are integrated within the building design project. This paper aims to establish a prototype of workflow management system for construction design project through the application of workflow technology. The composition and function of prototype is presented to satisfy the needs of information share and process integration. By integrating all subsystems and modules of the prototype, the whole system can deal with design information-flow modeling, emulating and optimizing, task planning and distributing, automatic tracking and monitoring, as well as network service, etc. In this way, the collaborative design environment of building design proiect is brought into being.
文摘In the context of workflow systems, security-relevant aspect is related to the assignment of activities to (human or automated) agents. This paper intends to cast light on the management of project-oriented workflow. A comprehensive authorization model is proposed from the perspective of project management. In this model, the concept of activity decomposition and team is introduced, which improves the security of conventional role-based access control. Furthermore, policy is provided to define the static and dynamic constraints such as Separation of Duty (SoD). Validity of constraints is proposed to provide a fine-grained assignment, which improves the performance of policy management. The model is applicable not only to project-oriented workflow applications but also to other teamwork environments such as virtual enterprise.
文摘The development of the logistics work is one of the indispensable important components in the whole construction and development process of colleges and universities. The effective development of the logistics work can lay a solid, powerful foundation for the implementation of the main functions and the education and teaching activities, and also can provide a reliable guarantee for the teaching management work. Therefore, the important significance and value of the logistics management work in colleges and universities are seen. According to the actual situation, in this paper, the logistics work in colleges and universities is deeply considered and discussed, and the main problems in the present logistics management are studied based on fully understanding the logistics management specialties, and then the measures and methods for solving the above problems are proposed. Hopefully, a due effect is played on the quality of the logistics management in colleges and universities at the present time.
文摘In recent years, staff turnover has become a common problem for each company. In this paper, taking Shanghai Red Express Co. for example, on the basis of famous Western scholars Price-Mueller (2000) model, anaiyzing the impact ofemployee turnover variable, such as salary and welfare is lower than expected, work pressure, lack of promotion opportunities, the company management confusion, etc, and then proposed targeted measures to reduce the rate of turnover and retain talent for the company, such as establishing scientific and reasonable salary system, improve the working environment, to establish a reasonable training system and career development path.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.50705084 and 60473129)the Science and Technology Plan of Zhejiang Province,China (No.2007C13018)
文摘The specification of authorization policies in access control models proposed so far cannot satisfy the requirements in workflow management systems(WFMSs).Furthermore,existing approaches have not provided effective conflict detection and resolution methods to maintain the consistency of authorization polices in WFMSs.To address these concerns,we propose the definition of authorization policies in which context constraints are considered and the complicated requirements in WFMSs can be satisfied.Based on the definition,we put forward static and dynamic conflict detection methods for authorization policies.By defining two new concepts,the precedence establishment rule and the conflict resolution policy,we provide a flexible approach to resolving conflicts.
基金Project supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project of China(No.2016YFC0901703)
文摘In recent years, it has been demonstrated that checklists can improve patient safety significantly. To facilitate the effective use of checklists in daily practice, both the medical community and the informatics community propose to implement checklists in dynamic checklist applications that can be integrated into the clinical workflow and that is specific to the patient context. However, it is difficult to develop such applications because they are tightly intertwined with the content of specific checklists. We propose a platform that enables access to dynamic checklist applications by configuring the infrastructures provided in the platform. Then, the applications can be developed without time-consuming programming work. We define a number of design criteria regarding point of care and clinical processes by analyzing the existing checklist applications and the lessons learned from implementations.Then, by applying rule-based clinical decision support and workflow management technologies, we design technical mechanisms to satisfy the design criteria. A dynamic checklist application platform is designed based on these mechanisms. Finally, we build a platform in various design cycle iterations, driven by multiple clinical cases. By applying the platform, we develop nine comprehensive dynamic checklist applications with 242 dynamic checklists.The results demonstrate both the feasibility and the overall generic nature of the proposed approach. We propose a novel platform for configuring dynamic checklist applications. This platform satisfies the general requirements and can be easily configured to satisfy different scenarios in which safety checklists are used.
基金This research is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (60574028) the Key Projects of Natural Science Foundation of Edtication Department of Anhui Province of China (2006kj016A, 2005kj065)
文摘Flexibility plays an important part in the application of the workflow management system and has become one of the major research hotspots in this field recently. When adapting a workflow process definition to specific needs or changing the structure of the workflow process as a result of evolutionary change, coarse-grained reuse of work- flow is of significance to the reduction of the work effort, modeling system and enhancing the reliability of their work. Based on decomposition of workflow tasks and teamwork, this paper proposes an approach to describing interoperability behavior between roles in teamwork by using activity-pattern. In activity-pattern, abstract mechanisms of activity specialization and activity aggregation are presented, enabling reuse of workflow by means of reuse of interoperability behavior between roles. The experimental system shows that our approach presented is feasible.