Run Time Modification of Algebraic High Level Nets and Algebraic Higher Order Nets using Folding and Unfolding Construction

摘要

In this paper we extend the well defined formalism of Algebraic High Level Nets by higher order functions. The resulting formalism of algebraic Higher Order Net leads to a more flexible modeling technique, which is new in the area of business processes. The main results of this paper are on the one hand the relationship between Algebraic High Level Nets and a restricted class of Algebraic Higher Order Nets given by folding and unfolding and on the other hand the concept of run time modification, which allows to modify existing models of flexible business processes in a formal way.