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Proceedings of the 2016 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems

Overview of Time Issues with Temporal Logics for Business Process Models

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15439/2016F328

Citation: Proceedings of the 2016 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, M. Ganzha, L. Maciaszek, M. Paprzycki (eds). ACSIS, Vol. 8, pages 1115–1123 ()

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Abstract. Process models can specify various aspects of business processes. In this paper, we present an overview of the existing solutions for describing time aspects of such models. We focus on Business Process Model and Notation and provide examples of representing time patterns in this notation. As temporal issues can be specified using temporal logics, we provide a short overview of selected temporal logics which can be used to specify the time patterns in business process models.

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