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http://dx.doi.org/10.7472/jksii.2015.16.5.59

A Stochastic Work-Handover Relationship Model in Workflow-supported Social Networks  

Ahn, Hyun (Dept. of Computer Science, Kyonggi University)
Kim, Kwanghoon (Dept. of Computer Science, Kyonggi University)
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Journal of Internet Computing and Services / v.16, no.5, 2015 , pp. 59-66 More about this Journal
Abstract
A stochastic modeling approach as a mathematical method for workflow intelligence is widely used for analyzing and simulating workflow models in the literature. In particular, as a resource-centric modeling approach, this paper proposes a stochastic model to represent work-handover relationships between performers in a workflow-supported social network. Calculating probabilities for the work-handover relationships are determined by two types of probabilities. One is the work-transition probability between activities, and the other is the task assignment probability between activities and performers. In this paper, we describe formal definitions of stochastic workflow models and stochastic work-handover relationship models, as well. Then, we propose an algorithm for extracting a stochastic work-handover relationship model from a stochastic workflow model. As a consequence, the proposed model ought to be useful in performing resource-centric workflow simulations and model-log comparison analyses.
Keywords
Stochastic Model; Workflow-supported Socail Network; Work-Handover Relationship; Workflow Intelligence;
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