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Run-Time Auditing for Business Processes Data Using Constraints

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Business Process Management Workshops (BPM 2010)

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Abstract

Business processes involve data that can be modified or updated by various activities. These data must satisfy the business rules associated to the process. These data are normally stored in a relational database, and hence the database has to be analyzed to determine whether the business rules can be satisfied.

This paper presents a framework including a run-time auditing layer where the correctness of a database can be analyzed at different checkpoints of a business process according to the data flow. It provides an early detection of incorrect action on stored data. Furthermore, in order to manage the current business rules, the use of the constraint programming paradigm is proposed and the enlargement of the Constraint Database Management Systems to support business rules.

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  1. Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

    María Teresa Gómez-López & Rafael M. Gasca

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  1. Stevens Institute of Technology, Howe School of Technology Management, 07030, Hoboken, NY, USA

    Michael zur Muehlen

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of California, 93106-5110, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Jianwen Su

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Gómez-López, M.T., Gasca, R.M. (2011). Run-Time Auditing for Business Processes Data Using Constraints. In: zur Muehlen, M., Su, J. (eds) Business Process Management Workshops. BPM 2010. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 66. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20511-8_13

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