Commercial software component models are frequently based on object-oriented concepts and terminology with appropriate binding, persistence and distribution support. In this paper, we argue that a process-oriented view on cooperating software components based on the concepts and terminology of a language/action perspective on cooperative work provides a more suitable foundation for the analysis...

The aim of this paper is to present some preliminary ideas about practical metrics and measurements useful for (i) assessing business process risk at design time and (ii) computing security and trust metrics at run time on business process orchestrations. In particular, the study is focused on a priori metrics applied to behavioral specifications of business processes (e.g., business rules and ...

Over the recent years, there has been much discussion about the concept of Social Business Process Management (SBPM) and how it is able to overcome some of the limitations of the traditional BPM systems. This paper aims to address gaps in social BPM research by working towards a goaldriven SBPM meta-model that seamlessly integrate the process design and enactment stages. This approach also make...

The paper proposes a comprehensive framework for representing and using nonfunctional requirements during the development process. The framework consists of five basic components which provide for the representation of nonfunctional requirements in terms of interrelated goals. Such goals can be refined through refinement methods and can be evaluated in order to determine the degree to which a s...

We present a process-oriented approach to specify personalitybased behaviors in agents. The main aim is to make the agents able to reason about their choices following a preferred reasoning strategy according to a personality type. With this method, the decision-making of the agent becomes flexible enough to be reused in different scenarios while staying consistent with the used psychological t...

In this paper a process visualisation development system and its associated development methodology are presented. This methodology is optimised to systems that have complex structure and are built of large number of components belonging to relatively small number of types. In order to handle the complexity, the input requirements of the method is as close to the ”native language” of the applic...

Cloud computing is defined as a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, ondemand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources [15]. This has created significant improvements in terms of software development. Software as a Service (SaaS) is a core objective of cloud computing, aiming to provide utility-oriented software delivery and provisioning. Increasing amounts of s...

In service-oriented computing, process model may serve as a link to connect users’ requirements with Web Services. In this paper, we propose an approach and related key techniques to generate process-oriented requirements specification from user’s goal. For this purpose, a requirements description language named SORL will be provided to capture users’ requirements. Then, a unified requirements ...

The paper describes the idea and the structure of a mobile information system under development in the HIPS project that allows for supporting nomadic activities. Nomadic activities are a widespread class of human activities. Many activities are distributed in time, space and social groups. In contrast to print media till now electronic information and communication media did not support nomadi...

Biochemistry courses at Seattle University have been taught exclusively using process oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) without any traditional lecture component since 1997. In these courses, students participate in a structured learning environment, which includes a preparatory assignment, an in-class activity, and a follow-up skill exercise. Instructor-designed learning activities prov...