Business process modeling with conceptual graphs | |
| Author | Ittaya Sirivasukarn |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. CS-96-32 |
| Subject(s) | Reengineering (Management) Computer graphics |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. CS-96-32 |
| Abstract | Reengineering, a well known approach in business improvement, requires business process understanding. Because of the complexity of business processes, understanding processes and their relations by observation is very difficult. To picture a system, a model is needed. Models, a system representation tool widely used to depict processes and their relations, are constructed by using modeling languages. There are many kinds of modeling languages, however, none of them can support all business process requirements. To solve this problem, a new modeling language named Business Process Modeling based on Conceptual Graphs (BPM-CGs) is proposed. BPM-CG, a combination between Process Modeling and Reengineering Rule, is developed to help the reengineering teams and people understand business processes; and with its special features, it can help the teams redesign the processes. The primitive components ofBPM-CGs, which support the business process representation, are storage, process, process agent, time, process flow, process transformation and process evaluation. This study work is evaluated against the existing approaches, including: Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs), Petri Net, IDEF0, and i*framework, by using 11 criteria and examples. Therefore, the advantages ofBMP-CGs has been clearly drawn. |
| Year | 1996 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. CS-96-32 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Computer Science (CS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Vilas Wuwongse |
| Examination Committee(s) | Stueart, R. D.;Tang, John C. S. |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1996 |