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Exploring Location-Aware Process Management

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Geo-Informatics in Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystem (GRMSE 2013)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 399))

Abstract

Context-awareness has emerged as an important principle in the design of flexible business processes. One important yet under-researched context variable is location; which we expect to have significant potential in making business processes truly agile. This paper proposes to extend context-aware Business Process Management (BPM) towards location-awareness in the management of business processes. We propose a model that explains where and how location variables matter to a business process. We presents a set of evaluation criteria to determine whether the business process location-aware or not. We expect our research-in-progress, together with further research, to bring an improvement of BPM development in theory and in practice.

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  1. International School of Software, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, China

    Xinwei Zhu & Guobin Zhu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China

    Peichao Guan

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  1. Wuhan University, No. 37, Luoyu Road, 430079, Wuhan, Hubei, China

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  2. Institute for Geospatial Research and Education, Michigan University, 125 King Hall, 48197, Ypsilanti, MI, USA

    Yichun Xie

  3. Wuhan University, No 37 Luoyu Road, 430079, Wuhan, Hubei, China

    Xiaohui Cui  & Yixin Zeng  & 

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Zhu, X., Zhu, G., Guan, P. (2013). Exploring Location-Aware Process Management. In: Bian, F., Xie, Y., Cui, X., Zeng, Y. (eds) Geo-Informatics in Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystem. GRMSE 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 399. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41908-9_25

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