Configurable Declare: Designing Customisable Flexible Process Models [chapter]

Dennis M. M. Schunselaar, Fabrizio Maria Maggi, Natalia Sidorova, Wil M. P. van der Aalst
2012 Lecture Notes in Computer Science  
Declarative languages are becoming more popular for modelling business processes with a high degree of variability. Unlike procedural languages, where the models define what is to be done, a declarative model specifies what behaviour is not allowed, using constraints on process events. In this paper, we study how to support configurability in such a declarative setting. We take Declare as an example of a declarative process modelling language and introduce Configurable Declare. Configurability
more » ... s achieved by using configuration options for event hiding and constraint omission. We illustrate our approach using a case study, based on process models of ten Dutch municipalities. A Configurable Declare model is constructed supporting the variations within these municipalities.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33606-5_3 fatcat:rxsu2ob2znhiffu2oemsszbdne