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2003
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Reactive Petri Nets for Workflow Modeling

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Reactive Petri Nets for Workflow Modeling
Abstract. Petri nets are widely used for modeling and analyzing workflows. Using the token-game semantics, Petri net-based workflow models can be analyzed before the model is actually used at run time. At run time, a workflow model prescribes behavior of a reactive system (the workflow engine). But the token-game semantics models behavior of closed, active systems. Thus, the token-game semantics behavior of a Petri net-based workflow model will differ considerably from its behavior at run time. In this paper we define a reactive semantics for Petri nets. This semantics can model behavior of a reactive system and its environment. We compare this semantics with the token-game semantics and prove that under some conditions the reactive semantics and the token-game semantics induce similar behavior. Next, we apply the reactive semantics to workflow modeling and show how a workflow net can be transformed into a reactive workflow net. We prove that under some conditions the soundness propert...
Rik Eshuis, Juliane Dehnert
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Updated 23 Aug 2010
Type Conference
Year 2003
Where APN
Authors Rik Eshuis, Juliane Dehnert
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