Business process and rule integration approaches—An empirical analysis of model understanding

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Highlights:

• We present the challenges and risks of information silos in the context of business process models and business rules.

• We empirically evaluate the effect of business rule and business process model integration on model understanding.

• Our study provides insights on the effect of integrated models on task performance, time efficiency, mental effort and visual attention.

摘要

•We present the challenges and risks of information silos in the context of business process models and business rules.•We empirically evaluate the effect of business rule and business process model integration on model understanding.•Our study provides insights on the effect of integrated models on task performance, time efficiency, mental effort and visual attention.

论文关键词:Business process modeling,Business rule modeling,Eye-tracking,Cognitive process,Model understanding,Controlled experiment

论文评审过程:Received 28 October 2020, Revised 1 September 2021, Accepted 22 September 2021, Available online 2 October 2021, Version of Record 14 October 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2021.101901