Dynamic Process Integration Framework: Toward Efficient Information Processing in Complex Distributed Systems

The Dynamic Process Integration Framework (DPIF) is a service oriented approach which supports efficient creation of distributed systems for collaborative reasoning. The DPIF is relevant for an important class of contemporary applications requiring efficient and reliable processing of large quantities of heterogeneous information. An example of such an application is situation assessment in complex decision making processes in dynamic environments. The DPIF supports (i) a systematic encapsulation of heterogeneous processes and (ii) negotiation-based self configuration mechanisms which automate creation of meaningful workflows implementing complex collaborative reasoning processes. The resulting systems support processing based on rich domain knowledge while, at the same time, the collaboration between heterogeneous services requires minimal ontological commitments.