Bertók, Botond

Friedler, Ferenc

Kalauz, Károly

Kalauz Károly

Bertók Botond

Friedler Ferenc

University of Szeged

Algorithmic Synthesis of Structural Alternatives for BusinessProcessesKároly Kalauz, Botond Bertók, and Ferenc FriedlerDesign and management of business processes are key factors for companies to be compet-itive. Available computer aid for business process analysis and optimization can help evaluat-ing decision alternatives if available. In contrast, no software in the market supports explor-ing or generating structural alternatives for business processes. A standard Business ProcessModeling Notation (BPMN) provides businesses the capability of understanding their internalbusiness procedures in a graphical notation and gives organizations the ability to communi-cate these procedures in a standard manner. BPMN defines a Business Process Diagram (BPD),which is based on a flowcharting technique tailored for creating graphical models of businessprocess operations. In the last decades, several robust and reliable process network optimiza-tion algorithms have been developed and implemented on the basis of the P-graph framework(Friedler et al.). P-graph is the only approach for process-network optimization which pro-vides algorithmic mathematically proven solution for its each step, i.e., superstructure gener-ation, construction of the mathematical model, optimization, and the solution interpretation.Appropriate adaptation of these algorithms would be beneficial for business process designand optimization. The application of the P-graph framework for business process optimizationrequires the algorithmic reformulation of the available business process models in the form ofP-graphs and adaptation of the algorithms to the special structural properties of the businessprocesses. The aim of our research is to develop a methodology that provides an adequatebasis to describe and model business processes, as well as to algorithmically synthesize op-timal and alternative business processes. Widely used business process modeling notationsand theoretical results of algorithmic process-network synthesis are to be integrated. A novelapproach for BP optimization has been proposed based on the P-graph methodology. Modeltransformation of BPDs to P-graphs as well as algorithms for generating structural alternativesfor business processes have been elaborated and implemented. The proposed methodologyhas been applied to practical problems of recent R&D projects.43

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