Automated Business Process Model Violation Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional business process modeling notations often contain errors, violations, and broken paths that lead to failures, and existing techniques for addressing these issues require drastic changes and lack mechanisms for reviewing and editing these changes.
Innovation Solution
A method executed by a generation engine that translates unstructured existing processes into well-structured process models by analyzing elements and relationships to detect model violations, generating feedback suggestions, and providing them in a user interface to automatically resolve these violations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional modeling notation with over fifty model elements is used to define existing processes, then the model can comprehensively depict process steps, but the model contains errors, violations, and broken paths that lead to failures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an automated feedback mechanism that analyzes process models for violations and provides suggestions for correction. The system detects model violations, generates feedback suggestions, and enables iterative refinement of the process model, allowing comprehensive modeling while maintaining accuracy through continuous validation and correction cycles.
2Reliability
If existing techniques are used to address errors and violations in conventional models, then some instances of errors can be addressed, but drastic changes to the conventional models are required and mechanisms to review and edit changes are not provided
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service correction of model violations through automated detection and feedback suggestions. The process model automatically identifies its own violations and provides guidance for correction, reducing the need for complex manual interventions and drastic model changes while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary analysis of process models to detect violations before they cause failures. By identifying and flagging issues in advance through automated validation, the system prevents errors from propagating and eliminates the need for drastic corrective changes later in the modeling process.
3Ease of operation
If manual review and editing of model changes is performed, then changes can be reviewed, but the process is time-consuming and lacks automation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical review processes with automated computational analysis. The system automatically detects model violations, generates feedback suggestions, and validates corrections without requiring time-consuming manual review, thereby maintaining ease of operation while eliminating time losses associated with manual processes.
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AI summary
A method for translating an unstructured existing process into a well-structured process model is provided. The method is executed by a generation engine implemented as a computer program within a computing environment. The method includes analyzing elements or relationships of the unstructured existing process to detect model violations. The model violations include when the elements or the relationships fail at least one model requirement. The method include generating feedback suggestion types corresponding to the model violations and providing the feedback suggestion types in a user interface to automatically resolve the model violations