Behavior Consistency Computation for Workflow Nets With Unknown Correspondence

Mimi Wang; Guanjun Liu; Peihai Zhao; Chungang Yan; Changjun Jiang

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Mimi Wang, Guanjun Liu, Peihai Zhao, Chungang Yan and Changjun Jiang, "Behavior Consistency Computation for Workflow Nets With Unknown Correspondence," IEEE/CAA J. Autom. Sinica, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 281-291, Jan. 2018. doi: 10.1109/JAS.2017.7510775

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Mimi Wang, Guanjun Liu, Peihai Zhao, Chungang Yan and Changjun Jiang, "Behavior Consistency Computation for Workflow Nets With Unknown Correspondence," IEEE/CAA J. Autom. Sinica, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 281-291, Jan. 2018. doi: 10.1109/JAS.2017.7510775

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Behavior Consistency Computation for Workflow Nets With Unknown Correspondence

doi: 10.1109/JAS.2017.7510775

Department of Computer Science and Technology, the Key Laboratory of Embedded System and Service Computing, Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

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the National Key R & D Program of China 2017YFB1001804

Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan Project 16511100900

the National Natural Science Foundation of China 61572360

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Mimi Wang (S'16) received the B.S. degree from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, China, in 2009, and the M.S. degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, China, in 2013. She is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Her research interests include consistency analysis, model checking, formal verification of software, and Petri net theory. (e-mail: wangmimi2013@hotmail.com)

Guanjun Liu (M'16) received the Ph.D. degree from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2011. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore from 2011 to 2013. From 2013 to 2014 the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany supported him to do research at Humboldt University of Berlin. He is currently an Associate Professor at Tongji University of China. His research interests include formal methods, model checking, and Petri net theory.(e-mail: liuguanjun@tongji.edu.cn)

Peihai Zhao (S'16) received the B.S. degree from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2011. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. His current research interests include behavioral analysis, web security, and data mining.(e-mail: perry.zhao@foxmail.com)

Chungang Yan received the B.S. degree in applied mathematics from Shandong University of Science and Technology, Taian, China, in 1986, the M.S. degree in operational research and cybernetics from Shandong University of Science and Technology, Taian, China, in 1993, and the Ph.D. degree from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2006. She is currently a Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tongji University. She has published more than 30 papers in domestic and international academic journals and conference proceedings. Her current research interests include concurrent models and parallel algorithms, Petri net theory, formal verification of software, and trusty software process theory.(e-mail: chungangyan@tongji.edu.cn)

Changjun Jiang received the Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 1995 and conducted post-doctoral research at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1997. Currently he is a Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai. He is also a council member of China Automation Federation and Artificial Intelligence Federation, the Vice Director of Professional Committee of Petri Net of China Computer Federation, and the Vice Director of Professional Committee of Management Systems of China Automation Federation. He was a Visiting Professor of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Science; a Research Fellow of the City University of Hong Kong; and an Information Area Specialist of Shanghai Municipal Government. His current research interests include concurrent theory, Petri net and formal verification of software, concurrency processing, and intelligent transportation systems.(e-mail: cjjiang@tongji.edu.cn)
Corresponding author: Peihai Zhao, e-mail:perry.zhao@foxmail.com; Peihai Zhao, e-mail:perry.zhao@foxmail.com
Received Date: 2016-10-13
Accepted Date: 2017-03-21

Abstract

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Consistency degree calculation is established on the basis of known correspondence, but in real life, the correspondence is generally unknown, so how to calculate consistency of two models under unknown correspondence has become a problem. For this condition, we should analyze unknown correspondence due to the influence of different correspondences. In this paper we obtain the relations of transitions based on event relations using branching processes, and build a behavioral matrix of relations. Based on the permutation of behavioral matrix, we express different correspondences, and define a new formula to compute the maximal consistency degree of two workflow nets. Additionally, this paper utilizes an example to show these definitions, computation as well as the advantages.
- Behavioral matrix,
- branching process,
- consistency degree,
- unknown correspondence,
- workflow net (WF-nets)

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