302 results about "Process definition" patented technology

Methods and systems for managing integration of a heterogeneous application landscape are disclosed. The landscape is defined by one or more business process. A business process management system includes an integration server connected between two or more applications in the landscape. The integration server includes a business process engine configured to execute one or more business processes that define message-based interactions between the two or more applications. The business process management system further includes a runtime engine, under direction of the business process engine, for executing one or more messaging services on the message-based interactions between the two or more applications.

The subject invention provides a system and/or method that facilitates executing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) process by employing a reader application markup language (RAML) schema that provides a portable format to setup and deploy such RFID process. A schema component can receive RFID data relating to an RFID architecture wherein a RAML schema can be created based at least upon such RFID data (e.g., discovered readers including settings and/or configurations). The RAML schema can include a sub-system definition (e.g., containing the definition of server state and entities in such server) and a process definition (e.g., containing process related entities and inter-relationships).

The invention discloses a visualization rapid developing platform based on a jbpm workflow engine; the visualization rapid developing platform comprises the following elements: an information configuration module used for checking configuration data source and application server information and configuration statistics monitor information, and the module is connected with a workflow configuration module and a management monitor module; the workflow configuration module used for customizing workflow business, using dragging to build a workflow model, and displaying the workflow in a figure mode; the management monitor module used for monitoring and checking running workflow embodiments, modifying running state of present workflow embodiment, and connecting a client server through an interface module; a process definition module used for providing means for a user to analyze and model the business process, and generating a process definition capable of being recognized and processed by a computer. The visualization rapid developing platform provides services for the business system as an independent product, and provides the convenient and fast visualization workflow customization function for the user, thus reducing developing and maintaining cost.

The present invention is directed to a system and method providing an efficient ted customization of an existing workflow management system. Agent software utilized to operate autonomously to instruct a generic workflow tool provided by sting workflow management system to accomplish the customization process direct human supervision. Thus, a non-developer user who does not have dge of the process definition language provided by the workflow management may accomplish a successful customization. Further, the present invention costs and resources to customize an existing workflow management system.

The invention provides a system and method of improving change management structure of an organization, wherein change management structure includes process definitions for managing change requests to software applications. In one embodiment, the invention may include receiving current change management information regarding an organization. A current maturity level for the organization may then be determined from a hierarchy of predefined change management maturity levels. A target change management maturity level may then be determined from the hierarchy. One or more improvement operations may then be defined that, when performed, shift the organization to the target change management process maturity level. The one or more improvement operations may then be performed.

A workflow management system with continuous status management includes an apparatus for detecting fuzzy process definitions, an apparatus which controls activity stages in a workflow for the purpose of processing the process definitions, and a device for evaluating the process definitions for each process instance. A method is for implementing a workflow with continuous status management through fuzzy process definitions using continuous instructions and states and logic combinations or continuous mapping operations operating thereon.

The invention discloses a process customization processing method. The method comprises the following steps of (1) form definition; (2) process definition; (3) process application; (4) task approval; and (5) process monitoring. And the invention also provides a workflow engine. The workflow engine comprises a form definition module, a process definition module, a process application module, a task approval module and a process monitoring module. In the invention, through using a workflow node to carry out process customization, a problem that system expansibility is low because a coupling degree of the workflow engine and a process definition link is large is solved so that exploitation personnel can determine a process mechanism of the workflow engine through customization and define a process according to an actual need; an application field of the workflow engine is expanded; a system exploitation period and maintenance cost are reduced; competitiveness of the workflow engine in a market is guaranteed; a user experience is increased and a market application scope is enlarged.

Techniques are provided for analyzing testing coverage of one or more software modules to provide process coverage statistics. The techniques include obtaining one or more coverage measures from a test specification document, performing a trace on each of the one or more coverage measures during a test, analyzing each trace to generate a run-time service choreography model for a process, wherein the model includes each of one or more service choreography patterns occurring in the process, and using the model to provide statistical data on test coverage according to a process definition.

In an embodiment of the invention, an exemplary method for generating a database of run-time service choreography models for a process can include obtaining one or more coverage measures from a test specification document, performing a trace on each of the one or more coverage measures during a test, analyzing each trace to generate a run-time service choreography model for a process, wherein the model includes each of one or more service choreography patterns occurring in the process, and storing the model in a database, wherein the database is used to provide statistical data on test coverage according to a process definition.

The invention provides a workflow solution based on a user-defined worksheet and Activiti, and belongs to the technical field of workflow. The workflow solution is based on the user-defined worksheet and the Activiti and comprises the following steps: 1) in the integration of the worksheet and a flow, data which participates in flow jump is stored in a flow variable; 2) a flow instance is associated with a business worksheet; and 3) in the step of flow definition and business worksheet binding, development personnel, business personnel and operation and maintenance personnel are caused to better cooperatively work, the development personnel can pay attention to business logic processing, the flow is handed to Activiti to be managed, and the business worksheet can be designed and finished by the business personnel through a dynamic sheet technology.

The present invention comprises systems and methods for production planning analysis using discrete event simulation methods. In one embodiment, a system includes a first software module to receive process definition data for the production process that organizes the data into a suitable formatted input file that defines the process. A second software module performs a discrete event simulation on the input file and generates an output file. A third software module generates at least one user accessible file from the output file. In another embodiment, a method of analyzing a manufacturing process includes receiving process definition data for the manufacturing process, and generating an input file from the process definition data. The method further includes processing the input file in a discrete event simulation (DES) engine to generate selected statistical data for the process, and generating an output file that includes the selected statistical data.

The invention discloses a workflow static planning method based on a process mode, belonging to the technical field of middleware. The method is realized in one computer by the following steps: 1, analyzing a service target and an application scene from input information of a user; 2, carrying out service target- process mode to find a process mode which is most suitable for the current service target and the application scene; 3, if the process mode obtained in the step 2 contains a service target, invoking a matcher to match the process mode to obtain complete workflow definition without containing the service target; 4, adapting a planned process definition list; 5, optimizing the process definition; and 6, deploying the workflow definition to a workflow execution engine and starting the workflow execution engine. By utilizing the planning method, the workflow definition meeting the requirement is automatically planned according to the information submitted by the user so as to reduce the modeling difficulty of the service process and realize the multiplexing of the service process.

For migrating a work flow in a workflow management system having at least one process instance executing an original process definition, each process instance is checked during the execution of the original process definition whether the process instance meets the migration condition. If the migration condition is met, the corresponding process instance is migrated to a modified process definition while executing the original definition.

An image processing apparatus which has a reading unit configured to read an image of a document and generate image data acquires a process definition file which defines a content of reading processing to be executed and a content of transmission processing for transmitting the generated image data, causes the reading unit to execute the reading processing to generate image data according to a definition described in the acquired process definition file, requests an external apparatus to transmit the generated image data according to the definition described in the acquired process definition file, adds, to the acquired process definition file, a description for causing the external apparatus to execute processing for notifying a result of the transmission by the external apparatus, and makes the request by transmitting, to the external apparatus, the generated image data and the process definition file to which the description is added.

An application programming interface configured to transform data responsive to a transform process definition. The transform process definition is interpreted concurrently with the transformation process. This interpretation dynamically determines navigation within, and processing of, the data to be transformed. Under control of the transform process definition, a transform engine is configured to transform input data using recursive calls to a transformation process. The recursive approach is responsive to data structures within the transform process definition and simplifies operations such as parallel processing, load-balancing of transformation tasks, nesting, un-nesting, filtering, and the like.

The invention discloses a data flow type processing method based on a data processing center. Processing method steps including data verification, sorting, aggregation and grouping and the connecting relationship between two different processing method steps are predefined in the data processing center; the data processing center is further provided with a data source connecting port used for being connected with a data source, a data processing method and process definition connecting port used for being connected with a user interface, a target data output port and a processing process monitoring port used for being connected with a process monitoring unit. The data flow type processing method includes the steps of data obtaining, flow type processing configuration, data processing method configuration, target data source obtaining and the like, a user can configure a data processing method and define a data processing process through the user interface, and therefore a corresponding target data source is obtained. The data flow type processing method based on the data processing center adopts data flow type processing through a big data platform, can increase the big data processing speed, and expands the range of types of supportable data processing methods.