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BusinessNetwork
ProcessUser
ProM Too l k i t
ProM Too l k i t
ProviderA
WSͲBPEL
Specification
4.DEPLOY
PetriNet2BPEL
plugin
Process
Execution
Monitoring
ServiceA
5.USE
PetriNet
model
3.DESIGN
ProviderB
WSͲBPEL
Engine
ProductDataModel
(
(PDM)plugin
)
l
Process
Execution
Monitoring
ServiceB
MonitoringServices
descriptions
2.RETRIEVE
(functional&quality)
ProviderC
Process
Execution
Monitoring
ServiceC
1.PUBLISH
Monitoring
g
Service
Registry
(a)
(b)
Fig. 5. (a) PBWD-based monitoring process creation architecture; (b) The ProM
toolkit, showing a PDM, the relative process model, and the WS-BPEL export
functionality
actors in the network can be dynamically replaced. Suppliers of spare parts in
an automotive industrial district, for instance, can be dynamically substituted
by the car manufacturer as new suppliers providing more convenient or higher
quality options become available. Concerning network operations, the network
business processes can be reconfigured on-the-fly as new business opportunities
arise. Insurance companies, for instance, may decide to outsource part of their
claim management process only on a temporary basis, e.g. to manage an ab-
normal amount of claims resulting from a possible fraud. Both scenarios require
the dynamic set-up or update of monitoring processes as the network dynami-
cally evolves. This is addressed by our methodology at design time, by adopting
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