Representational Deficiency of Process Modelling Languages: Measures and Implications
(2008) Representational Deficiency of Process Modelling Languages: Measures and Implications. In Golden, W. and Acton, T. and Conboy, K. and van der Heijden, H. and Tuunainen, V., Eds. Proceedings 16th European Conference on Information Systems, Galway, Ireland.
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Abstract
The large number of available process modelling languages has given rise to the need for evaluation and comparison of their representational capabilities. Over the last few years, the research community has risen to the challenge by carrying out a significant amount of work in the area of such analysis. Much of this effort is based on the Bunge-Wand-Weber representation model, a common benchmark used for the analysis of grammars that purport to model the real world and the interactions within it. However, the carried out BWW analyses of various process modelling languages exist largely separately from each other, with no comprehensive effort at the comparative measurement of their representational capability. This paper introduces four measures that, together, reflect the representational capacity and clarity of a process modelling language. These four measures are used in this paper to compare seven popular process modelling languages. The work provides insights into the representational deficiency similarities and differences between process modelling languages and also predicts some of their implications for practice.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper |
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| Status: | Published |
| Subjects: | 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems > 280111 Conceptual Modelling |
| ID Code: | 13948 |
| Deposited By: | Recker, Jan |
| Deposited On: | 02 July 2008 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.ecis2008.ie/ |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2008 (please consult author) |