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ADOME-WFMS: Towards Cooperative Handling of Workflow Exceptions

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Exception handling in workflow management systems (WFMSs) is a very important problem since it is not possible to specify all possible outcomes and alternatives. Effective reuse of existing exception handlers can greatly help in dealing with workflow exceptions. On the other hand, cooperative support for user-driven resolution of unexpected exceptions and workflow evolution at runtime is vital for an adaptive WFMS. We have developed ADOME-WFMS via a meta-modeling approach as a comprehensive framework in which the problem of workflow exception handling can be adequately addressed. In this chapter, we present an overview of exception handling in ADOME-WFMS with procedures for supporting the following: reuse of exception handlers, thorough and automated resolution of expected exceptions, effective management of Problem Solving Agents, cooperative exception handling, user-driven computer supported resolution of unexpected exceptions, and workflow evolution.

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  1. Dickson Computer Systems, 7A Victory Avenue, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Dickson K.W. Chiu

  2. Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Qing Li

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Kamalakar Karlapalem

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  1. Department of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1, 7RU, UK

    Alexander Romanovsky

  2. LIRMM Laboratory, University of Montpellier-II, 161 rue Ada, 34392, Montpellier, Cedex 5, France

    Christophe Dony

  3. Department of Computing Science, University of Aarhus, Aabogade 34, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark

    Jørgen Lindskov Knudsen

  4. Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Anand Tripathi

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Chiu, D.K., Li, Q., Karlapalem, K. (2001). ADOME-WFMS: Towards Cooperative Handling of Workflow Exceptions. In: Romanovsky, A., Dony, C., Knudsen, J.L., Tripathi, A. (eds) Advances in Exception Handling Techniques. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2022. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45407-1_17

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