A Four Dimensional Petri Net Approach for Workflow Management

2006 ◽  
pp. 617-627
Author(s):  
Ping-Yu Hsu ◽  
Yen-Liang Chen ◽  
Yuan-Bin Chang
Keyword(s):  
Petri Net ◽  
Workflow Management

THE APPLICATION OF PETRI NETS TO WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT

1998 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. 21-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. M. P. VAN DER AALST
Keyword(s):  
Petri Nets ◽  
Petri Net ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Explicit Representation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Application Domain ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The One

Workflow management promises a new solution to an age-old problem: controlling, monitoring, optimizing and supporting business processes. What is new about workflow management is the explicit representation of the business process logic which allows for computerized support. This paper discusses the use of Petri nets in the context of workflow management. Petri nets are an established tool for modeling and analyzing processes. On the one hand, Petri nets can be used as a design language for the specification of complex workflows. On the other hand, Petri net theory provides for powerful analysis techniques which can be used to verify the correctness of workflow procedures. This paper introduces workflow management as an application domain for Petri nets, presents state-of-the-art results with respect to the verification of workflows, and highlights some Petri-net-based workflow tools.

Concurrent Hierarchical Model and Analysis Based on Fuzzy-Timing Petri Net

2011 ◽  
Vol 186 ◽  
pp. 640-644
Author(s):  
Yong Shan Liu ◽  
Tian Bao Hao ◽  
Yan Qing Shen
Keyword(s):  
Hierarchical Model ◽  
Petri Net ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Complicated Structure ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Layered Approach ◽  
System Resources

In order to simplify the workflow and make efficient use of resources in workflow management, a hierarchical concurrent model based on fuzzy-timing Petri net is proposed. To analyze complicated structure with layered approach, this model turns a complex concurrent network structure into order structure, which simplifies the entire workflow. Proof of the feasibility and correctness of the model is given and verified by an example. In the example, minimum processors are used to deal with corresponding activities, without changing the duration of the case, therefore system resources are efficiently used.

scholarly journals Income/Wf — A Petri Net Based Approach to Workflow Management

1997 ◽  
pp. 557-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Oberweis ◽  
Roland Schätzle ◽  
Wolffried Stucky ◽  
Wolfgang Weitz ◽  
Gabriele Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Petri Net ◽  
Workflow Management

Workflow Modeling for Cooperative Production Development Based upon Advanced Petri Net

2008 ◽  
Vol 392-394 ◽  
pp. 810-815
Author(s):  
L.H. Zou ◽  
D.M. Gou ◽  
C.L. Sun ◽  
H. Gao
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Petri Nets ◽  
Petri Net ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Workflow Model ◽  
Workflow Modeling ◽  
Production Development ◽  
Cooperative Production

Process modeling of Cooperative Product Development (CPD) is the key of CPD process management. Analyzing the process of developing production based upon Petri Nets, referring to workflow management and combining with parallel project, a new workflow modeling method based upon layered timed color Petri nets is invented, which supports the developing of the model production that parallels CAD/CAPP. Finally taking the developing CDP of model product as an example, workflow model has been designed and has been inspected and verified in the software platform.

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