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We propose a new technique that realizes flexible process control by combining “the planning paradigm” and “the constraint satisfaction paradigm.” Two factors should be kept consistent in business processes: business objects and activity sequences. We adopted the planning paradigm to control the sequence of processes and the constraint satisfaction paradigm to keep the objects consistent. We then developed a new process control technique that allows operation support systems to suggest executable activities and consistent values to users dynamically. We implemented a prototype system and confirmed its feasibility.
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Nozue, H., Nakajima, H., Oishi, H., Masuda, T., Yamamura, T. (2007). Process Control Technique Using Planning and Constraint Satisfaction. In: Ata, S., Hong, C.S. (eds) Managing Next Generation Networks and Services. APNOMS 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4773. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75476-3_7
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