NDLI: SoftAlloc: A Work Allocation Language with Soft Constraints

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Stefansen, C. Rajamani, S. Seshan, P.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Univ. of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Stefansen, C.) \|\| SETLabs, Infosys Technol. Ltd., Bangalore (Seshan, P.) \|\| Microsoft Res. India, Bangalore (Rajamani, S.)
Abstract	Today's business process orchestration languages such as WS-BPEL and BPML have high-level constructs for specifying flow of control and data, but facilities for allocating tasks to humans are largely missing. This paper presents SoftAlloc, a work allocation language with soft constraints, and explains the requirements and trade-offs that led to its design, in particular, what soft constraints are, and how they enable business process definitions to capture allocation rules, best practices, and organizational goals without rendering the business processes too strict. SoftAlloc combines with virtually any business process language and any conceivable legacy system, while guaranteeing polynomial performance. We present the design, the formal definition, and an evaluation of SoftAlloc.
Starting Page	441
Ending Page	448
File Size	322296
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769533100
DOI	10.1109/ICWS.2008.41
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-09-23
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Humans Finance Best practices Companies Engines Web services Polynomials Marketing and sales Joining processes Computer architecture best practice soft constraints soft goals resource allocation workflow business processes task allocation work allocation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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