Discovering hidden dependencies in constraint-based declarative process models for improving understandability

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Highlights:

• In-depth study of the characteristics of constraints in declarative process models.

• Detailed algorithms to construct dependency structures to explicit hidden relations.

• Tool support for aiding user understanding of constraint-based process models.

• An empirical evaluation in the form of a user experiment with 146 participants.

摘要

•In-depth study of the characteristics of constraints in declarative process models.•Detailed algorithms to construct dependency structures to explicit hidden relations.•Tool support for aiding user understanding of constraint-based process models.•An empirical evaluation in the form of a user experiment with 146 participants.

论文关键词:Declarative process modeling,Declare,Hidden dependencies,Constraint-based process models,Model comprehension,Empirical research

论文评审过程:Received 4 October 2016, Revised 24 October 2017, Accepted 15 January 2018, Available online 31 January 2018, Version of Record 13 March 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2018.01.001